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ArticleNature geoscience2025

High sensitivity of cloud formation to aerosol changes.

Annele Virtanen, Jorma Joutsensaari, Harri Kokkola, Daniel G Partridge, Sara Blichner, Øyvind Seland, Eemeli Holopainen, Emanuele Tovazzi, Antti Lipponen, Santtu Mikkonen and 8 more

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Article in Nature geoscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Annele VirtanenDepartment of Technical Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-2917-5344
Jorma JoutsensaariDepartment of Technical Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
Harri KokkolaDepartment of Technical Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-1404-6670
Daniel G PartridgeDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5970-901X
Sara BlichnerBolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-9055-5330
Øyvind SelandResearch and Development Department, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway.
Eemeli HolopainenFinnish Meteorological Institute, Kuopio, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-9782-3430
Emanuele TovazziDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
Antti LipponenFinnish Meteorological Institute, Kuopio, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-6902-9974
Santtu MikkonenDepartment of Technical Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-0595-0657
Ari LeskinenDepartment of Technical Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-4308-4534
Antti-Pekka HyvärinenFinnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland.
Paul ZiegerBolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-7000-6879
Radovan KrejciBolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-9384-9702
Annica M L EkmanBolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-5940-2114
Ilona RiipinenBolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-9085-2319
Johannes QuaasLeipzig Institute for Meteorology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7057-194X
Sami RomakkaniemiFinnish Meteorological Institute, Kuopio, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-9414-3093

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The susceptibility of cloud droplet number to cloud condensation nuclei number is one of the major factors controlling the highly uncertain change in the amount of solar radiation reflected by clouds when aerosol emissions are perturbed (the radiative forcing due to aerosol-cloud interactions). We investigate this susceptibility in low-level stratiform clouds using long-term (3-10-yr) in situ observations of aerosols and clouds at three high-latitude locations. The in situ observations show higher susceptibility for low-level stratiform clouds than values reported for satellite data. We estimate -1.16 W m

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