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View article: Characterizing Tracer Flux Ratio Methods for Methane Emission Quantification Using Small Unmanned Aerial System
Characterizing Tracer Flux Ratio Methods for Methane Emission Quantification Using Small Unmanned Aerial System Open
Accurate methane emission estimates are essential for climate policy, yet current field methods often struggle with spatial constraints and source complexity. Ground-based mobile approaches frequently miss key plume features, introducing b…
View article: Design, Build, and Initial Testing of a Portable Methane Measurement Platform
Design, Build, and Initial Testing of a Portable Methane Measurement Platform Open
The quantification of methane concentrations in air is essential for the quantification of methane emissions, which in turn is necessary to determine absolute emissions and the efficacy of emission mitigation strategies. These are essentia…
View article: Measurement report: An investigation of the spatiotemporal variability in aerosols in the mountainous terrain of the upper Colorado River basin using SAIL-Net
Measurement report: An investigation of the spatiotemporal variability in aerosols in the mountainous terrain of the upper Colorado River basin using SAIL-Net Open
In the western US and similar topographic regions across the world, precipitation in the mountains is crucial to local and downstream freshwater supplies. Atmospheric aerosols can impact clouds and precipitation by acting as cloud condensa…
View article: Design, Build and Testing of a Portable Methane Measurement Platform
Design, Build and Testing of a Portable Methane Measurement Platform Open
The quantification of methane concentrations in air is essential for the quantification of methane emissions, which in turn is necessary to determine absolute emission and the efficacy of emission mitigation strategies. These are essential…
View article: Measurement Report: An investigation of the spatiotemporal variability of aerosol in the mountainous terrain of the Upper Colorado River Basin from SAIL-Net
Measurement Report: An investigation of the spatiotemporal variability of aerosol in the mountainous terrain of the Upper Colorado River Basin from SAIL-Net Open
In the Western US and similar topographic regions across the world, precipitation in the mountains is crucial to the local and downstream freshwater supply. Atmospheric aerosols can impact clouds and precipitation by acting as cloud conden…
View article: Characterizing Ice Nucleating Particles Over the Southern Ocean Using Simultaneous Aircraft and Ship Observations
Characterizing Ice Nucleating Particles Over the Southern Ocean Using Simultaneous Aircraft and Ship Observations Open
Supercooled liquid clouds are ubiquitous over the Southern Ocean (SO), even to temperatures below −20°C, and comprise a large fraction of the marine boundary layer (MBL) clouds. Earth system models and reanalysis products have struggled to…
View article: Characterizing Ice Nucleating Particles over the Southern Ocean using Simultaneous Aircraft and Ship Observations
Characterizing Ice Nucleating Particles over the Southern Ocean using Simultaneous Aircraft and Ship Observations Open
Supercooled liquid clouds are ubiquitous over the Southern Ocean (SO), even to temperatures below -20 °C, and comprise a large fraction of the marine boundary layer (MBL) clouds. Earth system models and reanalysis products have struggled t…
View article: Simulating Southern Ocean Aerosol and Ice Nucleating Particles in the Community Earth System Model Version 2
Simulating Southern Ocean Aerosol and Ice Nucleating Particles in the Community Earth System Model Version 2 Open
Southern Ocean (SO) low‐level mixed phase clouds have been a long‐standing challenge for Earth system models to accurately represent. While improvements to the Community Earth System Model version 2 (CESM2) resulted in increased supercoole…
View article: Spatial Variability and Composition of Ice Nucleating Particles over the Southern Ocean
Spatial Variability and Composition of Ice Nucleating Particles over the Southern Ocean Open
Supercooled liquid clouds are ubiquitous over the Southern Ocean (SO), even down to temperatures of -25 °C, and comprise a large fraction of the marine boundary layer clouds. Many Earth System Models and reanalysis products overestima…
View article: Biomass Burning Smoke and Its Influence on Clouds Over the Western U. S.
Biomass Burning Smoke and Its Influence on Clouds Over the Western U. S. Open
Small cumulus clouds over the western United States were measured via airborne instruments during the wildfire season in summer of 2018. Statistics of the sampled clouds are presented and compared to smoke aerosol properties. Cloud droplet…
View article: Cloud‐Nucleating Particles Over the Southern Ocean in a Changing Climate
Cloud‐Nucleating Particles Over the Southern Ocean in a Changing Climate Open
Stratocumulus clouds over the Southern Ocean have fewer droplets and are more likely to exist in the predominately supercooled phase than clouds at similar temperatures over northern oceans. One likely reason is that this region has few co…
View article: Observations of Clouds, Aerosols, Precipitation, and Surface Radiation over the Southern Ocean: An Overview of CAPRICORN, MARCUS, MICRE, and SOCRATES
Observations of Clouds, Aerosols, Precipitation, and Surface Radiation over the Southern Ocean: An Overview of CAPRICORN, MARCUS, MICRE, and SOCRATES Open
Weather and climate models are challenged by uncertainties and biases in simulating Southern Ocean (SO) radiative fluxes that trace to a poor understanding of cloud, aerosol, precipitation, and radiative processes, and their interactions. …
View article: The O2/N2 Ratio and CO2 Airborne Southern Ocean Study
The O2/N2 Ratio and CO2 Airborne Southern Ocean Study Open
The Southern Ocean plays a critical role in the global climate system by mediating atmosphere–ocean partitioning of heat and carbon dioxide. However, Earth system models are demonstrably deficient in the Southern Ocean, leading to large un…