J5A Aerosol-Cloud Interactions in Warm Clouds I

Tuesday, 14 January 2025: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
215 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; and the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics )
Cochairs:
Youtong Zheng Prof, California Institute of Technology, Hydrology and Atmosphere Sciences, Tucson, AZ; Emily Katherine de Jong and Peng Wu

Many shallow cloud systems are sensitive to changes in the properties of aerosols, which act as cloud condensation nuclei, modulate cloud microphysical properties, and can influence precipitation formation and cloud-scale dynamics. Ultimately, these controls may alter low-cloud radiative properties and climate. Aerosol particles, in turn, are impacted by shallow-cloud processes. Together, these interactions result in an aerosol–cloud system whose coupling strength is highly variable and is poorly understood in terms of basic process understanding. Correctly representing this coupling in large-scale models has proven challenging. In this session we invite presentations on all topics related to aerosol–cloud interactions in shallow warm-phase clouds, including those addressing basic physical aerosol-cloud processes, the quantification of aerosol indirect effects on regional and global scales, cloud and precipitation effects on aerosols, and the coupling between microphysical processes and boundary layer turbulence or mesoscale cloud dynamics. Contributions from recent field campaigns or which explore novel parameterizations and computational techniques are encouraged. 

Papers:
8:30 AM
J5A.1
Reconciling Aerosol Indirect Effect from Satellite Observations and Numerical Simulations
Shaoyue Qiu, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and X. Zheng, H. H. Lee, and P. Wu

8:45 AM
J5A.2
9:00 AM
J5A.3
Giant Cloud Condensation Nuclei (GCCN) Facilitate Drizzle Formation in Warm Clouds
Zeen Zhu, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Stony Brook, NY; and F. Yang, M. A. Zawadowicz, A. Ladino, J. Ritvanen, S. Lankowicz, K. H. Lundstrom, and T. Fitzgerald

9:15 AM
J5A.4
9:30 AM
J5A.5
Aerosol-Correlated Activation and Supersaturation Variability in Low-level Coastal Marine Stratus during EPCAPE
Jeramy L Dedrick, SIO, La Jolla, CA; and A. Osawa, L. M. Russell, L. Robinson, and R. Chang

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