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. 2020 Jul 8;117(29):16831–16838. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2006426117

Table 1.

Microphysical properties of steady-state clouds

Exp. ID I,cm3min1 nh,cm3 nc,cm3 d¯,μm σd,μm
Case 1 7 0.2 18 25 8
Case 2 20 0.4 71 18 8
Case 3 67 30 378 12 5
Case 4 109 66 697 11 5
Case 5 172 158 1,082 9 4
6 K FW 33 1,073 771 4 2
7 K SW 33 1,327 1,038 5 3

Shown are time-averaged injection rate I, number density of haze droplets nh, number density of cloud droplets nc , mean cloud droplet diameter d¯, and SD of cloud droplet diameter σd. All of the experiments had a layer of liquid water approximately 1 cm in height at the chamber’s bottom boundary and a mean temperature of 20 ± 0:5 °C. Temperature difference between the bottom and top plate, ΔT: cases 1 to 5, 18 °C; 6 K FW, 6 °C; and 7 K SW, 7 °C. Abbreviations: Exp. ID, experiment identification number; FW, fresh water; SW, salt water. (See Experimental Observations and SI Appendix for details.)