Biomass burning on Barbados

After our contact to probably polluted clouds in the morning we had the chance to sample clouds at the same place in the afternoon.
Again we started with a vertical profile from 200 ft (ACTOS) to about 8000 ft (helicopter) in our measurement area. Since there were no clouds off the east coast we decided to fly to the west coast where a couple of mature cumuli stayed almost the complete day - the ones Birgit already observed in the morning.
On our way there we performed a horizontal leg at 6000 ft and recognized increased aerosol number concentration and CCN concentration probably due to biomass burning (see upper picture with one bigger fire in the north of the island).
Finally, we were able to catch the clouds near the west cost (but over land) and performed several cloud passages at different altitudes with ACTOS inside the cloud and at the very top. It was really amazing to watch these big cumuli growing and disappearing right next to each other. It is a pity that my camera ran out of power just as we reached the first clouds... The lower pictures shows one of my last pictures for today.