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Number Concentration from MERRA-2

Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2023 4:55 pm America/New_York
by hpimperl
I'm hoping to use MERRA-2 aerosol products for my research into aerosol-cloud interactions. I have downloaded the data and only found aerosol mass concentrations to be available. Is it possible to get aerosol number concentrations from MERRA-2 - either directly or through a conversion from aerosol mass concentration?

Re: Number Concentration from MERRA-2

Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2023 4:59 pm America/New_York
by GES DISCx - jimacker
Hello,

Our MERRA-2 data and subject matter experts will examine your question and formulate a reply shortly.

Re: Number Concentration from MERRA-2

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2023 12:32 pm America/New_York
by GES DISCx - jimacker
Hello,

This is the reply from our MERRA-2 data team:
"The current MERRA-2 aerosol model doesn’t include aerosol-cloud interactions, and thus doesn’t produce the parameters such as the aerosol number concentrations."