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Articles | Volume 23, issue 20
Articles | Volume 23, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-13329-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-13329-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 23, issue 20
Research article
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23 Oct 2023
Research article |  | 23 Oct 2023

The impact of aerosols on stratiform clouds over southern West Africa: a large-eddy-simulation study

Lambert Delbeke, Chien Wang, Pierre Tulet, Cyrielle Denjean, Maurin Zouzoua, Nicolas Maury, and Adrien Deroubaix

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Low-level stratiform clouds (LLSCs) appear frequently over southern West Africa during the West African monsoon. Local and remote aerosol sources (biomass burning aerosols from central Africa) play a significant role in the LLSC life cycle. Based on measurements by the DACCIWA campaign, large-eddy simulation (LES) was conducted using different aerosol scenarios. The results show that both indirect and semi-direct effects can act individually or jointly to influence the life cycles of LLSCs.
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