The scientific basis for a satellite mission to retrieve CCN concentrations and their impacts on convective clouds

The cloud-mediated aerosol radiative forcing is widely recognized as the main source of uncertainty in our knowledge of the anthropogenic forcing on climate. The current challenges for improving our understanding are (1) global measurements of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) in the cloudy boundary l...

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Published in:	Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Main Authors:	D. Rosenfeld, E. Williams, M. O. Andreae, E. Freud, U. Pöschl, N. O. Rennó
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Copernicus Publications 2012-08-01
Online Access:	http://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/5/2039/2012/amt-5-2039-2012.pdf

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