Impacts of solar-absorbing aerosol layers on the transition of stratocumulus to trade cumulus clouds
The effects of an initially overlying layer of solar-absorbing aerosol on the transition of stratocumulus to trade cumulus clouds are examined using large-eddy simulations. For lightly drizzling cloud the transition is generally hastened, resulting mainly from increased cloud droplet number conc...
Main Authors: | X. Zhou, A. S. Ackerman, A. M. Fridlind, R. Wood, P. Kollias |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2017-10-01
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Series: | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics |
Online Access: | https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/17/12725/2017/acp-17-12725-2017.pdf |
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