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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-415-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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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
Physics of the Earth, Regional Campus of International Excellence (CEIR) “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Physics of the Earth, Regional Campus of International Excellence (CEIR) “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Sonia Jerez
Physics of the Earth, Regional Campus of International Excellence (CEIR) “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Raquel Lorente-Plazas
Physics of the Earth, Regional Campus of International Excellence (CEIR) “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Department of Meteorology, Meteored, 30893 Murcia, Spain
Laura Palacios-Peña
Physics of the Earth, Regional Campus of International Excellence (CEIR) “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Department of Meteorology, Meteored, 30893 Murcia, Spain
Pedro Jiménez-Guerrero
Physics of the Earth, Regional Campus of International Excellence (CEIR) “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Biomedical Research Institute of Murcia (IMIB-Arrixaca), 30120 Murcia, Spain
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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.
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