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Research article
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17 Mar 2025
Research article |
| 17 Mar 2025
| 17 Mar 2025
Characterization of fog microphysics and their relationships with visibility at a mountain site in China
Key Laboratory of Severe Weather Meteorological Science and Technology & Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry of CMA, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
Xiaojing Shen
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Key Laboratory of Severe Weather Meteorological Science and Technology & Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry of CMA, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
Junying Sun
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Key Laboratory of Severe Weather Meteorological Science and Technology & Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry of CMA, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
Yangmei Zhang
Key Laboratory of Severe Weather Meteorological Science and Technology & Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry of CMA, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
Hangzhou Meteorological Bureau, Hangzhou, 310051, China
Qianli Ma
Zhejiang Lin'an Atmosphere Background National Observation and Research Station, Hangzhou, 311300, China
Lujie Han
Zhejiang Lin'an Atmosphere Background National Observation and Research Station, Hangzhou, 311300, China
Honghui Xu
Zhejiang Lin'an Atmosphere Background National Observation and Research Station, Hangzhou, 311300, China
Xinyao Hu
Key Laboratory of Severe Weather Meteorological Science and Technology & Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry of CMA, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
Jiayuan Lu
Key Laboratory of Severe Weather Meteorological Science and Technology & Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry of CMA, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
Shuo Liu
Key Laboratory of Severe Weather Meteorological Science and Technology & Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry of CMA, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
Aoyuan Yu
Key Laboratory of Severe Weather Meteorological Science and Technology & Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry of CMA, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
Linlin Liang
Key Laboratory of Severe Weather Meteorological Science and Technology & Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry of CMA, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
Qian Gao
Beijing Weather Modification Center, Beijing, 100089, China
Hong Wang
Key Laboratory of Severe Weather Meteorological Science and Technology & Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry of CMA, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
Huizheng Che
Key Laboratory of Severe Weather Meteorological Science and Technology & Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry of CMA, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
Xiaoye Zhang
Key Laboratory of Severe Weather Meteorological Science and Technology & Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry of CMA, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Characterizing low-supersaturation CCN activity with AAC-CCNC system at a mountain site in continental region in China M. An et al.
- Visibility retrieval method of sea fog by W-band cloud radar based on Unet-PINN network F. Wu et al.
- In situ 3-dimensional measurement of ice shape based on binocular vision G. Cai et al.
- Basic Principles, Approaches, and Instruments for Studying, Characterizing, and Applying Natural and Artificial Fogs P. Todorov et al.
- Beyond rain: Fog as a dominant pathway for acid deposition in Japan's Montane Forests Y. Wang et al.
- Visibility challenges: characterizing fog events in the Indo-Gangetic plain for enhanced aviation operations A. Shankar et al.
- Seasonal variability and cloud-type effects on secondary organic aerosol formation during cloud events at a mountainous site in southeastern China Y. Zhang et al.
- Measurement report: The influence of particle number size distribution and hygroscopicity on the microphysical properties of cloud droplets at a mountain site X. Shen et al.
- Widespread fog invigoration due to aerosols over Northern India N. Arun et al.
- A gradient boosting-based machine learning framework for improving atmospheric visibility numerical prediction C. Han et al.
- High effective supersaturation offsets low aerosol hygroscopicity to promote orographic cloud formation over the southern Tibetan Plateau Y. Wang et al.
- Visibility Reduction in Fog: The Role of Activation O. Klemm et al.
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Through simultaneous measurements of aerosol particles and fog droplets, the evolution of droplets size distribution during the eight observed fog events was investigated. The results showed that the concentration and size distribution of pre-fog aerosol had significant impacts on fog microphysical characteristics. The extinction of fog interstitial particles played an important role in visibility degradation for light fogs, especially in polluted regions.
Through simultaneous measurements of aerosol particles and fog droplets, the evolution of...
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