Aerosol–Cloud–Meteorology Interaction Airborne Field Investigations: Using Lessons Learned from the U.S. West Coast in the Design of ACTIVATE off the U.S. East Coast

Sorooshian, A., B. Anderson, S.E. Bauer, R.A.A. Braun, B. Cairns, E.C. Crosbie, H. Dadashazar, G.S. Diskin, R.A. Ferrare, R.C. Flagan, J. Hair, C.A. Hostetler, H.H. Jonsson, M.M. Kleb, H. Liu, A.B. MacDonald, A. McComiskey, R. Moore, D. Painemal, L.M. Russell, J. Seinfeld, M. Shook, W.L. Smith, and K. Thornhill (2019), Aerosol–Cloud–Meteorology Interaction Airborne Field Investigations: Using Lessons Learned from the U.S. West Coast in the Design of ACTIVATE off the U.S. East Coast, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 1511-1528, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0100.1.
Abstract

Insights and limitations during 500+ flight hours with a single aircraft are used to motivate the dual-aircraft approach in ACTIVATE to study aerosol–cloud–meteorology interactions.

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Research Program
Radiation Science Program (RSP)
Mission
ACTIVATE
Funding Sources
80NSSC19K0442