A New Parameterization of Cloud Droplet Activation Applicable to General Circulation Models

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Nucleation processes in deep convection simulated by a cloud-system-resolving model with double-moment bulk microphysics (2007, background): “Indeed, parameterizations for droplet nucleation based on multiple aerosol species have recently been formulated by Ming et al. (2006) and Nenes and Seinfeld (2003).”
The GFDL Global Atmosphere and Land Model AM4.0/LM4.0: 2. Model Description, Sensitivity Studies, and Tuning Strategies (2018, background): “0 also include a prognostic scheme of cloud droplet number concentrations (Nd; Ming et al., 2007) with droplet activation dependent on updraft velocity and aerosol properties (Ming et al., 2006).”
The dynamical core, physical parameterizations, and basic simulation characteristics of the atmospheric component AM3 of the GFDL global coupled model CM3 (2011, unknown): “Aerosol activation into cloud droplets follows the parameterization detailed in Ming et al. (2006).”
Evaluation of cloud and water vapor simulations in CMIP5 climate models using NASA “A-Train” satellite observations (2012, background): “[2 01 1] 3 of 24 they are related to droplet activation that depends on aerosol properties and vertical velocity [Ming et al., 2006].”