Aerosol Impacts on Cirrus Clouds and High-Power Laser Transmission: A Combined Satellite Observation and Modeling Approach

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The objective of this basic research effort is to provide the theoretical foundations for modeling/simulating the interaction of aerosols and ice at high altitudes (near and above the tropopause). The AF, together with the ABL SPO (through the MDA), anticipate that aerosols/ice will impact the efficacy of the ABL and the ability to predict possible impacts is of great value. The PI and his colleagues will interrogate a number of conceptual schemes which incorporate cloud microphysics (with 6 classes of moisture species together with actual ice concentrations). Particular attention will be paid to ice nucleation scenarios.