An evaluation of the impact of aerosol particles on weather forecasts  from a biomass burning aerosol event over the Midwestern United States:  observational-based analysis of surface temperature

Zhang, Jianglong; Reid, Jeffrey S.; Christensen, Matthew; Benedetti, Angela

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6475-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6475-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6475-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 10

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27 May 2016

Research article |

| 27 May 2016

An evaluation of the impact of aerosol particles on weather forecasts from a biomass burning aerosol event over the Midwestern United States: observational-based analysis of surface temperature

Jianglong Zhang, Jeffrey S. Reid, Matthew Christensen, and Angela Benedetti

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RC1: 'Review of “An evaluation of the impact of aerosol particles on weather forecasts from a biomass burning aerosol event over the Midwestern US: Observations-based analysis of surface temperature” by Zhang et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Feb 2016
- AC1: 'Responses', Jianglong Zhang, 16 Apr 2016
RC2: 'Review of “An evaluation of the impact of aerosol particles on weather forecasts from a biomass burning aerosol event over the Midwestern US: Observational-based analysis of surface temperature” by Zhang et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Mar 2016
- AC2: 'Responses', Jianglong Zhang, 16 Apr 2016

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ED: Publish as is (23 Apr 2016) by Hailong Wang

AR by Jianglong Zhang on behalf of the Authors (24 Apr 2016)

Short summary

Through analyzing a smoke aerosol event over the Midwestern USA, the potential impacts of aerosol particles on model/weather-station-forecasted surface temperatures are studied, and for the first time, smoke-aerosol-induced surface cooling is investigated as a function of observed aerosol properties and multiple operational models over a large network of ground stations. The potential issues of incorporating aerosol models into weather models for forecasting surface temperatures are explored.