Estimating the potential cooling effect of cirrus thinning achieved via the seeding approach

Liu, Jiaojiao; Shi, Xiangjun

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-10609-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 13

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-10609-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-10609-2021

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

Articles | Volume 21, issue 13

Research article

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14 Jul 2021

Research article |

| 14 Jul 2021

Estimating the potential cooling effect of cirrus thinning achieved via the seeding approach

Jiaojiao Liu and Xiangjun Shi

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Model code, simulation output data, and all scripts for the paper "Estimating the potential cooling effect of cirrus thinning achieved via the seeding approach" Jiaojiao Liu and Xiangjun Shi https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4507001

Short summary

Cirrus thinning, which reduces the warming effect of cirrus clouds, has been investigated as a new geoengineering approach. In this study, a flexible seeding method is used to exploit the potential cooling effect of cirrus thinning. Simulation results show that the seeding method is essential for estimating the cooling effect. Cirrus thinning with the flexible seeding method could produce a considerable cooling effect, which is much stronger than the fixed seeding method.