Aerosols Increase Size of Cloud Cells, Causing Greater Radiative Cooling Under Polluted Conditions
Researchers develop framework that tracks the aerosol–cloud interactions along the trajectories of air parcels and embed framework into Weather Research Forecast model.
Quality Assessment of Aerosol Data from Combined Aircraft Measurements
A research team, led by scientists at PNNL, analyzed aerosols’ physical, chemical, and optical properties collected by a suite of airborne instruments during winter as part of a year-long measurement campaign in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
From Gray to Green: An Aerosol Journey in the Amazon
Surrounded by the Amazon rainforest, aircraft measurements from the urban plume over Manaus, Brazil, reveal the life cycle of organic aerosol.
Horizontal Resolution Affects Model Aerosol Properties
With Earth system models running at higher resolutions, researchers evaluated the sensitivity of aerosol properties to horizontal grid spacing.
Particle Acidity Drives Kinetics and Oligomer Formation in Aqueous Secondary Organic Aerosols
Multiple concurrent single-particle measurements help develop a quantitative and predictive understanding of secondary organic aerosols.
An Automated, Faster Way to Analyze Aerosols
Researchers use machine learning to speed up the analysis of aerosol datasets from mass spectrometry.
Successfully Combining Two Decades of Aerosol Data
Merging long-term records of aerosol loading to create a high-quality, useful dataset for a continental site.