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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-17433-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-17433-2021
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01 Dec 2021
Research article |  | 01 Dec 2021

Impacts of long-range-transported mineral dust on summertime convective cloud and precipitation: a case study over the Taiwan region

Yanda Zhang, Fangqun Yu, Gan Luo, Jiwen Fan, and Shuai Liu

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This paper explores the impacts of dust on summertime convective cloud and precipitation through a numerical experiment. The result indicates that the long-range-transported dust can notably affect the properties of convective cloud and precipitation by enhancing immersion freezing and invigorating convection. We also analyze the different dust effects predicted by the Morrison and SBM schemes, which are partially attributed to the saturation adjustment approach utilized in the bulk schemes.
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