Precipitation response to aerosol–radiation and aerosol–cloud interactions in regional climate simulations over Europe

López-Romero, José María; Montávez, Juan Pedro; Jerez, Sonia; Lorente-Plazas, Raquel; Palacios-Peña, Laura; Jiménez-Guerrero, Pedro

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-415-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-415-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-415-2021

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

Articles | Volume 21, issue 1

Research article

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14 Jan 2021

Research article |

| 14 Jan 2021

Precipitation response to aerosol–radiation and aerosol–cloud interactions in regional climate simulations over Europe

José María López-Romero, Juan Pedro Montávez, Sonia Jerez, Raquel Lorente-Plazas, Laura Palacios-Peña, and Pedro Jiménez-Guerrero

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RC1: 'Useful simulations but lacking physical interpretation', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Jun 2020
- AC1: 'Response to reviewer 1', Juan Pedro Montavez, 11 Sep 2020
RC2: 'Good simulations, lack of physical explanations', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Jun 2020
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Juan Pedro Montavez, 11 Sep 2020

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

AR by Juan Pedro Montavez on behalf of the Authors (20 Oct 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 Oct 2020) by Ari Laaksonen

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (31 Oct 2020)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (06 Nov 2020) by Ari Laaksonen

AR by Juan Pedro Montavez on behalf of the Authors (16 Nov 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (25 Nov 2020) by Ari Laaksonen

AR by Juan Pedro Montavez on behalf of the Authors (26 Nov 2020) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

The effect of aerosols on regional climate simulations presents large uncertainties due to their complex and non-linear interactions with a wide variety of factors, including aerosol–radiation and aerosol–cloud interactions. We show how these interactions are strongly conditioned by the meteorological situation and the type of aerosol. While natural aerosols tend to increase precipitation in some areas, anthropogenic aerosols decrease the number of rainy days in some pollutant regions.