Using Hemispheric Contrasts in Satellite-Derived Cloud Microphysical Properties to Constrain Aerosol Forcing

Isabel Louise McCoy1, Daniel T McCoy2, Robert Wood1, Leighton Anunda Regayre2, Dan Grosvenor2, Jane Patricia Mulcahy3, Yongxiang Hu4, Frida Bender5, Paul Field6, Ken S Carslaw7 and Hamish Gordon2, (1)University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, (3)Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Change, Exeter, United Kingdom, (4)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, (5)Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, (6)United Kingdom Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom, (7)University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2, United Kingdom