ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS (ORACLES)
ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) was a five year investigation with three Intensive Observation Periods (IOP) designed to study key processes that determine the climate impacts of African BB aerosols.
The ORACLES experiment provided multi-year airborne observations over the complete vertical column of the key parameters that drive aerosol-cloud interactions in the SE Atlantic, an area with some of the largest inter-model differences in aerosol forcing assessments on the planet.
Organizations
Launch Date
November 2016
Class
Field Campaign
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Key Staff
Co Investigator
ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) was a five year investigation with three Intensive Observation Periods (IOP) designed to study key processes that determine the climate impacts of African BB aerosols.
The ORACLES experiment provided multi-year airborne observations over the complete vertical column of the key parameters that drive aerosol-cloud interactions in the SE Atlantic, an area with some of the largest inter-model differences in aerosol forcing assessments on the planet.
Related Publications
2025.
"Retrievals of Biomass Burning Aerosol and Liquid Cloud Properties from Polarimetric Observations Using Deep Learning Techniques.",
Remote Sensing,
17
(10):
1693
[10.3390/rs17101693]
[Journal Article/Letter]
2025.
"Evaluating spectral cloud effective radius retrievals from the Enhanced MODIS Airborne Simulator (eMAS) during ORACLES.",
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques,
18
(4):
981-1011
[10.5194/amt-18-981-2025]
[Journal Article/Letter]
2020.
"Above-cloud aerosol optical depth from airborne observations in the southeast Atlantic.",
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics,
20
(3):
1565-1590
[10.5194/acp-20-1565-2020]
[Journal Article/Letter]
2021.
"Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity of Aerosol and Cloud Properties Over the Southeast Atlantic: An Observational Analysis.",
Geophysical Research Letters,
48
(7):
[10.1029/2020gl091469]
[Journal Article/Letter]
2022.
"Biomass burning aerosol heating rates from the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) 2016 and 2017 experiments.",
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques,
15
(1):
61-77
[10.5194/amt-15-61-2022]
[Journal Article/Letter]