Mixed-Phase Clouds

Constantin Andronache received his PhD in Atmospheric Sciences from Georgia Institute of Technology. After a postdoctoral appointment at Princeton University, at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, he worked on cloud physics and radiative transfer at Atmospheric and Environmental Research in Lexington, Massachusetts. Afterward, he joined Boston College and is now a senior researcher. Dr. Andronache’s research interests include aerosol-cloud-climate interactions with a focus on the microphysics of cloud formation and aerosol processing by clouds and precipitation. His primary areas of expertise are atmospheric physics, remote sensing of aerosols and clouds, and using mathematical techniques for data analysis and the modeling of atmospheric processes.

• 1. Introduction2. Ice nucleation in mixed-phase clouds3. Detection of mixed-phase clouds from shortwave and thermal infrared satellite observations4. Microphysical properties of convectively forced mixed-phase clouds5. Characterization of mixed-phase clouds: contributions from the field campaigns and ground based networks6. Spaceborne remote sensing and airborne in situ observations of Arctic mixed-phase clouds7. Simulations of Arctic mixed-phase boundary layer clouds: Advances in understanding and outstanding questions8. Subgrid representation of mixed-phase clouds in a General Circulation Model9. Mixed-phase cloud feedbacks10. The climatic impact of thermodynamic phase partitioning in mixed-phase clouds