Fig. 7: Conceptual illustration of the effects of fine aerosols (FA) and coarse sea spray aerosols (CSA) on marine stratocumulus clouds under dry and humid cloud-top conditions.
From: Fine and coarse aerosols control of cloud water by evaporation-precipitation dynamics
The cloud temperature depth is between 1–2 K. a Depicts cloud properties under the lowest and highest 10% of FA concentrations, with cloud-top relative humidity less than 20% and CSA between 20–40 μg·m−3. b Shows the same conditions as (a), but with cloud-top relative humidity above 80%. c Depicts cloud properties under the lowest and highest 10% of CSA concentrations, with cloud-top relative humidity less than 20% and FA between 0.5–0.8 μg·m−3. d Shows the same conditions as (c) but with cloud-top relative humidity above 80%. Changes between these states are indicated by the adjacent numbers. Related statistics are presented in Figs. 2 and 3 and Figs. S1–S4.
