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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-2153-2022
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Research article
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16 Feb 2022
Research article |
| 16 Feb 2022
| 16 Feb 2022
Importance of aerosols and shape of the cloud droplet size distribution for convective clouds and precipitation
Christian Barthlott
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-TRO), Department Troposphere Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Amirmahdi Zarboo
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-TRO), Department Troposphere Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Takumi Matsunobu
Meteorologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
Christian Keil
Meteorologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
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Short summary
The relative impact of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) concentrations and the shape parameter of the cloud droplet size distribution is evaluated in realistic convection-resolving simulations. We find that an increase in the shape parameter can produce almost as large a variation in precipitation as a CCN increase from maritime to polluted conditions. The choice of the shape parameter may be more important than previously thought for determining cloud radiative characteristics.
The relative impact of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) concentrations and the shape parameter of...
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