Are precipitation anomalies associated with aerosol  variations over eastern China?

Xu, Xiangde; Guo, Xueliang; Zhao, Tianliang; An, Xingqin; Zhao, Yang; Quan, Jiannong; Mao, Fei; Gao, Yang; Cheng, Xinghong; Zhu, Wenhui; Wang, Yinjun

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-8011-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-8011-2017

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-8011-2017

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

Articles | Volume 17, issue 12

Research article

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30 Jun 2017

Research article |

| 30 Jun 2017

Are precipitation anomalies associated with aerosol variations over eastern China?

Xiangde Xu, Xueliang Guo, Tianliang Zhao, Xingqin An, Yang Zhao, Jiannong Quan, Fei Mao, Yang Gao, Xinghong Cheng, Wenhui Zhu, and Yinjun Wang

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

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RC1: 'Interactive comment on "Are precipitation anomalies associated with aerosol variations over Eastern China?" by Xu et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Feb 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to Referee 2', Tianliang Zhao, 16 Apr 2017
RC2: 'Review of “Are precipitation anomalies associated with aerosol variations over Eastern China?” by Xu et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Feb 2017
- AC2: 'Reply to Referee 1', Tianliang Zhao, 20 Apr 2017

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

AR by Tianliang Zhao on behalf of the Authors (14 May 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (20 May 2017) by Aijun Ding

Short summary

Aerosols have complicated effects on clouds and precipitation, depending on many factors such as aerosol properties, topography and meteorological conditions. Most previous investigations of aerosol impacts on clouds and precipitation are primarily based on limited cases on relatively small spatial and temporal scales. The climate forcing of aerosols on precipitation in large-scale continental regions and their physical causes remain uncertain.