Precipitation effects of giant cloud condensation nuclei artificially introduced into stratocumulus clouds

Jung, E.; Albrecht, B. A.; Jonsson, H. H.; Chen, Y.-C.; Seinfeld, J. H.; Sorooshian, A.; Metcalf, A. R.; Song, S.; Fang, M.; Russell, L. M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-5645-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-5645-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-5645-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 10

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22 May 2015

Research article |

| 22 May 2015

Precipitation effects of giant cloud condensation nuclei artificially introduced into stratocumulus clouds

E. Jung, B. A. Albrecht, H. H. Jonsson, Y.-C. Chen, J. H. Seinfeld, A. Sorooshian, A. R. Metcalf, S. Song, M. Fang, and L. M. Russell

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Short summary

To study the effect of giant cloud condensation nuclei (GCCN) on precipitation processes in stratocumulus clouds, 1-10 µm diameter salt particles were released from an aircraft while flying near the cloud top off the central coast of California. The analyses suggest that GCCN result in a four-fold increase in the cloud base rainfall rate and depletion of the cloud water due to rainout.