Ground-based remote sensing scheme for monitoring aerosol–cloud interactions
Abstract
A new method for continuous observation of aerosol–cloud interactions with ground-based remote sensing instruments is presented. The main goal of this method is to enable the monitoring of the change of the cloud droplet size due to the change in the aerosol concentration. We use high-resolution measurements from a lidar, a radar and a radiometer, which allow us to collect and compare data continuously. This method is based on a standardised data format from Cloudnet and can be implemented at any observatory where the Cloudnet data set is available. Two example case studies were chosen from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program deployment on Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal, in 2009 to present the method. We use the cloud droplet effective radius (re) to represent cloud microphysical properties and an integrated value of the attenuated backscatter coefficient (ATB) below the cloud to represent the aerosol concentration. All data from each case study are divided into bins of the liquid water path (LWP), each 10 g m-2 wide. For every LWP bin we present the correlation coefficient between ln re and ln ATB, as well as ACIr (defined as ACIr = -d ln re d ln ATB, change in cloud droplet effectivemore »
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- Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft (The Netherlands)
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- Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft (The Netherlands). TU Delft Climate Institute, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geotechnology
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1375411
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Online); Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1867-8548
- Publisher:
- European Geosciences Union
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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Sarna, Karolina, and Russchenberg, Herman W. J. Ground-based remote sensing scheme for monitoring aerosol–cloud interactions. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.5194/amt-9-1039-2016.
Sarna, Karolina, & Russchenberg, Herman W. J. Ground-based remote sensing scheme for monitoring aerosol–cloud interactions. United States. doi:10.5194/amt-9-1039-2016.
Sarna, Karolina, and Russchenberg, Herman W. J. Mon .
"Ground-based remote sensing scheme for monitoring aerosol–cloud interactions". United States. doi:10.5194/amt-9-1039-2016. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1375411.
@article{osti_1375411,
title = {Ground-based remote sensing scheme for monitoring aerosol–cloud interactions},
author = {Sarna, Karolina and Russchenberg, Herman W. J.},
abstractNote = {A new method for continuous observation of aerosol–cloud interactions with ground-based remote sensing instruments is presented. The main goal of this method is to enable the monitoring of the change of the cloud droplet size due to the change in the aerosol concentration. We use high-resolution measurements from a lidar, a radar and a radiometer, which allow us to collect and compare data continuously. This method is based on a standardised data format from Cloudnet and can be implemented at any observatory where the Cloudnet data set is available. Two example case studies were chosen from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program deployment on Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal, in 2009 to present the method. We use the cloud droplet effective radius (re) to represent cloud microphysical properties and an integrated value of the attenuated backscatter coefficient (ATB) below the cloud to represent the aerosol concentration. All data from each case study are divided into bins of the liquid water path (LWP), each 10 g m-2 wide. For every LWP bin we present the correlation coefficient between ln re and ln ATB, as well as ACIr (defined as ACIr = -d ln re d ln ATB, change in cloud droplet effective radius with aerosol concentration). Obtained values of ACIr are in the range 0.01–0.1. In conclusion, we show that ground-based remote sensing instruments used in synergy can efficiently and continuously monitor aerosol–cloud interactions.},
doi = {10.5194/amt-9-1039-2016},
journal = {Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Online)},
number = 3,
volume = 9,
place = {United States},
year = {2016},
month = {3}
}
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Figure 1: The time–height cross section of the radar reflectivity factor from WACR, the attenuated backscatter coefficient from Vaisala CT25K and the liquid water path from the MWR for a full day of measurements on 3 November 2009.
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First measurements of the Twomey indirect effect using ground-based remote sensors: SURFACE REMOTE SENSING OF THE INDIRECT EFFECT
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Modeling of the first indirect effect: Analysis of measurement requirements
journal, January 2003
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- Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 30, Issue 19
Effects of varying aerosol regimes on low-level Arctic stratus: AEROSOL EFFECTS ON ARCTIC STRATUS
journal, September 2004
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- Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 31, Issue 17
Aerosol indirect effect studies at Southern Great Plains during the May 2003 Intensive Operations Period
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- Feingold, Graham; Furrer, Reinhard; Pilewskie, Peter
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The role of adiabaticity in the aerosol first indirect effect: THE ROLE OF ADIABATICITY
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- Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 114, Issue D9
The nucleus in and the growth of hygroscopic droplets
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Cloudnet: Continuous Evaluation of Cloud Profiles in Seven Operational Models Using Ground-Based Observations
journal, June 2007
- Illingworth, A. J.; Hogan, R. J.; O'Connor, E. J.
- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 88, Issue 6
Marine Boundary Layer Cloud Observations in the Azores
journal, November 2012
- Rémillard, Jasmine; Kollias, Pavlos; Luke, Edward
- Journal of Climate, Vol. 25, Issue 21
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journal, January 2011
- Brenguier, J. -L.; Burnet, F.; Geoffroy, O.
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 11, Issue 18
The scale problem in quantifying aerosol indirect effects
journal, January 2012
- McComiskey, A.; Feingold, G.
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 12, Issue 2
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- Schmidt, J.; Ansmann, A.; Bühl, J.
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Monitoring aerosol–cloud interactions at the CESAR Observatory in the Netherlands
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