Effects of intermittent aerosol forcing on the stratocumulus-to-cumulus transition

Prabhakaran, Prasanth; Hoffmann, Fabian; Feingold, Graham

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-1919-2024

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-1919-2024

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-1919-2024

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Articles | Volume 24, issue 3

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13 Feb 2024

Research article |

| 13 Feb 2024

Effects of intermittent aerosol forcing on the stratocumulus-to-cumulus transition

Prasanth Prabhakaran, Fabian Hoffmann, and Graham Feingold

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Preprint (discussion started on 17 Aug 2023)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-1720', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Sep 2023

The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2023/egusphere-2023-1720/egusphere-2023-1720-RC1-supplement.pdf

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1720-RC1
RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-1720', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Sep 2023

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Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1720-RC2
AC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-1720', Prasanth Prabhakaran, 09 Nov 2023

The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2023/egusphere-2023-1720/egusphere-2023-1720-AC1-supplement.pdf

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1720-AC1

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload

AR by Prasanth Prabhakaran on behalf of the Authors (12 Nov 2023) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (17 Nov 2023) by Hailong Wang

AR by Prasanth Prabhakaran on behalf of the Authors (23 Nov 2023)

Short summary

In this study, we explore the impact of deliberate aerosol perturbation in the northeast Pacific region using large-eddy simulations. Our results show that cloud reflectivity is sensitive to the aerosol sprayer arrangement in the pristine system, whereas in the polluted system it is largely proportional to the total number of aerosol particles injected. These insights would aid in assessing the efficiency of various aerosol injection strategies for climate intervention applications.