Articles | Volume 21, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-16797-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-16797-2021
Research article
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18 Nov 2021
Research article |  | 18 Nov 2021

What rainfall rates are most important to wet removal of different aerosol types?

Yong Wang, Wenwen Xia, and Guang J. Zhang

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on acp-2021-542', Anonymous Referee #1, 28 Jul 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on acp-2021-542', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Aug 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
AR by Yong Wang on behalf of the Authors (23 Sep 2021)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (24 Sep 2021) by Jianping Huang
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (14 Oct 2021)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (15 Oct 2021)
ED: Publish as is (15 Oct 2021) by Jianping Huang
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Short summary
This study developed a novel approach to detect what rainfall rates climatologically are most efficient for wet removal of different aerosol types and applied it to a global climate model (GCM). Results show that light rain has disproportionate control on aerosol wet scavenging, with distinct rain rates for different aerosol sizes. The approach can be applied to other GCMs to better understand the aerosol wet scavenging by rainfall, which is important to better simulate aerosols.
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