Pollution slightly enhances atmospheric cooling by low-level clouds in tropical West Africa
Résumé
Reflection of solar radiation by tropical low-level clouds has an important cooling effect on climate and leads to decreases in surface temperatures. Still, the effect of pollution on ubiquitous tropical continental low-level clouds and the investigation of the related impact on atmospheric cooling rates are poorly constrained by in-situ observations and modelling, in particular during the West African summer monsoon season. Here, we present comprehensive in-situ measurements of 20 microphysical properties of low-level clouds over tropical West Africa, measured with the DLR aircraft Falcon 20 during the DACCIWA (Dynamics-Aerosol-Chemistry-Cloud Interactions in West Africa) campaign in June and July 2016.
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