Predicted cloud droplet numbers Davos Wolfgang

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Cloud droplet properties were predicted between February 24 and March 8 2019 for the measurement site Davos Wolfgang (1630 m a.s.l., LON: 9.853594, LAT: 46.835577). Droplet calculations are carried out with the physically based aerosol activation parameterization of Morales and Nenes (2014), employing the “characteristic velocity” approach of Morales and Nenes (2010). Aerosol size distribution observations required to predict the cloud droplet numbers and maximum in-cloud supersaturation are obtained from a Scanning Mobility Particle Size Spectrometer (SMPS) instrument deployed at Davos Wolfgang (https://www.envidat.ch/dataset/aerosol-data-davos-wolfgang). The required vertical velocity measurements are derived from the wind Doppler Lidar (https://www.envidat.ch/dataset/lidar-wind-profiler-data) deployed at the same station and are extracted from the first bin of the instrument, being 200 m above ground level. The hygroscopic properties of the particles measured at Davos Wolfgang could not be estimated, owing to a lack of concurrent CCN measurements. As a sensitivity test, droplet calculations are performed assuming two different values of the aerosol hygroscopicity parameter, 0.1 and 0.25, based on the analysis carried out for Weissfluhjoch. Additional information can be found in Section 2.3 here.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.16904/envidat.199
Metadata Access https://www.envidat.ch/api/action/package_show?id=e5a506af-7ff0-47ad-afe2-36de4b4e1ea9
Provenance
Creator Athanasios, Nenes,; Paraskevi, Georgakaki,; Aikaterini, Bougiatioti,
Publisher EnviDat
Publication Year 2020
Funding Reference PyroTRACH, 726165; FORCeS, 821205
Rights odc-odbl; ODbL with Database Contents License (DbCL)
OpenAccess true
Contact envidat(at)wsl.ch
Representation
Language English
Resource Type DataPaper
Version 1.0
Discipline Environmental Sciences
Spatial Coverage (9.854 LON, 46.836 LAT); Switzerland
Temporal Coverage Begin 2019-02-24T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2019-03-08T00:00:00Z