Investigation of the aerosol–cloud–rainfall association over the Indian summer monsoon region

Sarangi, Chandan; Tripathi, Sachchida Nand; Kanawade, Vijay P.; Koren, Ilan; Pai, D. Sivanand

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-5185-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-5185-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-5185-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 8

Research article

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21 Apr 2017

Research article |

| 21 Apr 2017

Investigation of the aerosol–cloud–rainfall association over the Indian summer monsoon region

Chandan Sarangi, Sachchida Nand Tripathi, Vijay P. Kanawade, Ilan Koren, and D. Sivanand Pai

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Final revised paper (published on 21 Apr 2017)
Preprint (discussion started on 25 Nov 2016)

Interactive discussion

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Interactive comment on “A long-term observational analysis of aerosol-cloud-rainfall associations over Indian Summer Monsoon region” by Chandan Sarangi et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Dec 2016
- AC2: 'Responses to reviewer's comment and suggestions are documented in the attached file', Sachchida Tripathi, 18 Feb 2017
RC2: 'referee comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Dec 2016
- AC1: 'Response to reviewers comment is organised in the attached file', Sachchida Tripathi, 18 Feb 2017
RC3: 'Reviwer Comments', Manoj M G, 03 Jan 2017
- AC3: 'Responses to reviewer's comment and suggestions are documented in the attached file', Sachchida Tripathi, 18 Feb 2017

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Sachchida Tripathi on behalf of the Authors (18 Feb 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Feb 2017) by Yun Qian

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (23 Feb 2017)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (03 Mar 2017)

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (11 Mar 2017) by Yun Qian

AR by Sachchida Tripathi on behalf of the Authors (14 Mar 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (23 Mar 2017) by Yun Qian

AR by Sachchida Tripathi on behalf of the Authors (28 Mar 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

Aerosol-induced perturbations in cloud systems and rainfall are very uncertain. This study provides observational evidence of a robust positive association between aerosol–cloud–rainfall properties over the Indian summer monsoon region. Observed and modeled aerosol–cloud microphysical changes illustrate that cloud invigoration under a high AOD scenario can explain most of the aerosol-associated changes in cloud fraction, cloud top pressure, and surface rainfall over this region.