Session 12 Aerosol–Cloud Interactions in Mixed-Phase Clouds. Part I

Thursday, 16 January 2020: 2:15 PM-3:00 PM
208 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 12th Symposium on Aerosol - Cloud - Climate Interactions
Cochairs:
Chuanfeng Zhao, Beijing Normal Univ., College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing and Adele Igel, Univ. of California, Davis, CA

Mixed-phase clouds composed of a mixture of supercooled liquid droplets and ice crystals are found across the globe. They are the dominant cloud type during the colder three-quarters of the year in the Arctic while at lower latitudes, mixed-phase clouds occur are associated with deep convection, synoptic-scale midlatitude weather systems, and orographic clouds. Aerosols by serving both cloud condensation nuclei and ice nuclei can alter mixed-phase cloud properties, and consequently modulate the regional hydrological cycle. This session invites papers on any of the following or related subjects: (1) characterization of mixed-phase clouds using observations and modeling; (2) process-level understanding of CCN/IN impacts on mixed-phase clouds; (3) assessment of the climatic influence of aerosol–cloud interaction in mixed-phase clouds, especially over the Arctic; (4) evaluation and improvement of mixed-phase clouds in numerical models.

Papers:
2:15 PM
12.1
Smoking Clouds over the Western United States: Impact of Wildfire Emissions
Cynthia H. Twohy, NorthWest Research Associates, Redmond, WA; and D. W. Toohey, P. J. DeMott, B. Rainwater, E. J. T. Levin, K. R. Barry, L. A. Garofalo, M. A. Pothier, D. K. Farmer, S. M. Kreidenweis, and E. V. Fischer
2:30 PM
12.2
Experimental Evidence of Ice Multiplication Initiated by Freezing of Drizzle Droplets
Alexei Kiselev, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany; and A. Keinert, D. Spannagel, and T. Leisner
2:45 PM
12.3
Ice-Nucleating Particle Concentrations Required to Glaciate Mixed-Phase Clouds: Results from the Laboratory
Will Cantrell, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, MI; and N. Desai, K. K. Chandrakar, G. Kinney, and R. A. Shaw
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