Above-cloud aerosol radiative effects based on ORACLES 2016 and ORACLES 2017 aircraft experiments

Cochrane, Sabrina P.; Schmidt, K. Sebastian; Chen, Hong; Pilewskie, Peter; Kittelman, Scott; Redemann, Jens; LeBlanc, Samuel; Pistone, Kristina; Kacenelenbogen, Meloë; Segal Rozenhaimer, Michal; Shinozuka, Yohei; Flynn, Connor; Platnick, Steven; Meyer, Kerry; Ferrare, Rich; Burton, Sharon; Hostetler, Chris; Howell, Steven; Freitag, Steffen; Dobracki, Amie; Doherty, Sarah

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6505-2019

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09 Dec 2019

Research article |

| 09 Dec 2019

Above-cloud aerosol radiative effects based on ORACLES 2016 and ORACLES 2017 aircraft experiments

Sabrina P. Cochrane, K. Sebastian Schmidt, Hong Chen, Peter Pilewskie, Scott Kittelman, Jens Redemann, Samuel LeBlanc, Kristina Pistone, Meloë Kacenelenbogen, Michal Segal Rozenhaimer, Yohei Shinozuka, Connor Flynn, Steven Platnick, Kerry Meyer, Rich Ferrare, Sharon Burton, Chris Hostetler, Steven Howell, Steffen Freitag, Amie Dobracki, and Sarah Doherty

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RC1: 'Review for amt-2019-125', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Jul 2019
- AC1: 'Response to RC1: amt-2019-125', Sabrina Cochrane, 15 Aug 2019
RC2: 'Review of "Above-Cloud AerosolRadiative Effects based on ORACLES 2016 andORACLES 2017 Aircraft Experiments” by Cochrane et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Jul 2019
- AC2: 'Response to RC2:amt-2019-125', Sabrina Cochrane, 15 Aug 2019

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AR by Sabrina Cochrane on behalf of the Authors (16 Aug 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 Sep 2019) by Jérôme Riedi

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (03 Oct 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (08 Oct 2019)

ED: Publish as is (16 Oct 2019) by Jérôme Riedi

AR by Sabrina Cochrane on behalf of the Authors (22 Oct 2019)

Short summary

For two cases from the NASA ORACLES experiments, we retrieve aerosol and cloud properties and calculate a direct aerosol radiative effect (DARE). We investigate the relationship between DARE and the cloud albedo by specifying the albedo for which DARE transitions from a cooling to warming radiative effect. Our new aerosol retrieval algorithm is successful despite complexities associated with scenes that contain aerosols above clouds and decreases the uncertainty on retrieved aerosol parameters.