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Tag: NDROP

  • Cloud Droplet Number Concentration Product Updated

    New data are available from the Droplet Number Concentration value-added product (NDROP VAP), which has been updated to use additional inputs. This will allow NDROP to be available quicker with better retrievals and to be applied to more sites and more cloudy days. Cloud droplet number concentration is an important factor in understanding aerosol-cloud interactions.…

  • Droplet Number Concentration Value-Added Product Now Operational

    Cloud droplet number concentration is an important factor in understanding aerosol-cloud interactions. As aerosol concentration increases, it is expected that droplet number concentration will increase and droplet size will decrease for a given liquid water path. This will greatly affect cloud albedo as smaller droplets reflect more shortwave radiation; however, the magnitude and variability of…

  • Evaluation Value-Added Product Estimates Droplet Number Concentration

    Cloud droplet number concentration is an important factor in understanding aerosol-cloud interactions. As aerosol concentration increases, it is expected that droplet number concentration, Nd, will increase and droplet size decrease for a given liquid water path, which will greatly affect cloud albedo as smaller droplets reflect more shortwave radiation. However, the magnitude and variability of…