A decade long aerosol and cloud statistics and aerosol indirect effect at the ARM SGP site
| Min, Qilong | State University of New York at Albany |
| Duan, Minzheng | State University of New York at Albany |
| Harrison, Lee | State University of New York |
| Joseph, Everette | Howard University |
Twelve-year data of MFRSR and MWR have been used to derive aerosol and cloud optical properties at the ARM SGP. Diurnal, monthly, seasonal and interannual variability of aerosol (optical depth and Angstrom coefficient) and cloud (optical depth and effective radius) have been analyzed. We specially focused on aerosol-cloud interactions. We found a signature of indirect aerosol effect for summer data: increased aerosol index has a statistically-significant anti-correlation with mean effective radius. No correlation was found for the other seasons.
