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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-1919-2024
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Effects of intermittent aerosol forcing on the stratocumulus-to-cumulus transition
Prasanth Prabhakaran
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Cooperative Institute for Research In Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Chemical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA
Fabian Hoffmann
Meteorologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
Graham Feingold
Chemical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA
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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.
In this study, we explore the impact of deliberate aerosol perturbation in the northeast Pacific...
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