Effects of Biomass Burning on Stratocumulus Droplet Characteristics, Drizzle Rate, and Composition.

ABSTRACT: This study reports on airborne measurements of stratocumulus cloud properties under varying degrees of influence from biomass burning (BB) plumes off the California coast. Data are reported from five total airborne campaigns based in Marina, California, with two of them including influence from wildfires in different areas along the coast of the western United States. The results indicate that subcloud cloud condensation nuclei number concentration and mass concentrations of important aerosol species (organics, sulfate, nitrate) were better correlated with cloud droplet number concentration (N _d) as compared to respective above-cloud aerosol data. Given that the majority of BB particles resided above cloud tops, this is an important consideration for future work in the re

SUBMITTER: Mardi AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7709909 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature