Exploring aerosol–cloud interactions in liquid-phase clouds over eastern China and its adjacent ocean using the WRF-Chem–SBM model

Zhao, Jianqi; Ma, Xiaoyan; Quaas, Johannes; Jia, Hailing

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-9101-2024

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-9101-2024

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-9101-2024

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Articles | Volume 24, issue 16

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22 Aug 2024

Research article |

| 22 Aug 2024

Exploring aerosol–cloud interactions in liquid-phase clouds over eastern China and its adjacent ocean using the WRF-Chem–SBM model

Jianqi Zhao, Xiaoyan Ma, Johannes Quaas, and Hailing Jia

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-9101-2024-supplement

Data sets

NCEP ADP Global Surface Observational Weather Data NCEP https://doi.org/10.5065/4F4P-E398

NCEP GDAS/FNL 0.25 Degree Global Tropospheric Analyses and Forecast Grids, Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research NCEP https://doi.org/10.5065/D65Q4T4Z

NCEP ADP Global Upper Air Observational Weather Data Satellite Services Division https://doi.org/10.5065/39C5-Z211

CESM2.1/CAM-chem Instantaneous Output for Boundary Conditions R. R. Buchholz et al. https://doi.org/10.5065/NMP7-EP60

GPM IMERG Final Precipitation L3 1 day 0.1 degree x 0.1 degree V06 G. J. Huffman et al. https://doi.org/10.5067/GPM/IMERGDF/DAY/06

MODIS Atmosphere L2 Aerosol Product R. Levy et al. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD04_L2.061

MODIS atmosphere L2 cloud product (06_L2) S. Platnick et al. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD06_L2.061

Model code and software

WRF Modeling System Download WRF https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/download/get_source.html

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We explore aerosol–cloud interactions in liquid-phase clouds over eastern China and its adjacent ocean in winter based on the WRF-Chem–SBM model, which couples a spectral-bin microphysics scheme and an online aerosol module. Our study highlights the differences in aerosol–cloud interactions between land and ocean and between precipitation clouds and non-precipitation clouds, and it differentiates and quantifies their underlying mechanisms.