Precipitation enhancement in stratocumulus clouds through airborne seeding: sensitivity analysis by UCLALES-SALSA

Tonttila, Juha; Afzalifar, Ali; Kokkola, Harri; Raatikainen, Tomi; Korhonen, Hannele; Romakkaniemi, Sami

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1035-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1035-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1035-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 2

Research article

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26 Jan 2021

Research article |

| 26 Jan 2021

Precipitation enhancement in stratocumulus clouds through airborne seeding: sensitivity analysis by UCLALES-SALSA

Juha Tonttila, Ali Afzalifar, Harri Kokkola, Tomi Raatikainen, Hannele Korhonen, and Sami Romakkaniemi

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RC1: 'reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Apr 2020
RC2: 'Review of "Precipitation enhancement in stratocumulus clouds through airbourne seeding: sensitivity analysis by UCLALES–SALSA"', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Jun 2020
AC1: 'Response to reviewer comments', Juha Tonttila, 05 Oct 2020

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AR by Juha Tonttila on behalf of the Authors (02 Nov 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (11 Nov 2020) by Patrick Chuang

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (23 Nov 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (02 Dec 2020)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (02 Dec 2020) by Patrick Chuang

AR by Juha Tonttila on behalf of the Authors (10 Dec 2020) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (12 Dec 2020) by Patrick Chuang

Short summary

The focus of this study is on rain enhancement by deliberate injection of small particles into clouds (cloud seeding). The particles, usually released from an aircraft, are expected to enhance cloud droplet growth, but its practical feasibility is somewhat uncertain. To improve upon this, we simulate the seeding effects with a numerical model. The model reproduces the main features seen in field observations, with a strong sensitivity to the total mass of the injected particle material.