Measurement report: Aircraft observations of aerosol and microphysical quantities of stratocumulus in autumn over Guangxi Province, China – daylight variation, vertical distribution, and aerosol–cloud interactions
China Meteorological Administration Aerosol-Cloud and Precipitation Key Laboratory, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
China Meteorological Administration Aerosol-Cloud and Precipitation Key Laboratory, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Weather Modification Center, China Meteorological Administration (CMA), Beijing 100081, China
Field Experiment Base of Cloud and Precipitation Research in North China, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 101200, China
Wei Zhou
Beijing Weather Modification Center, Beijing 100089, China
Yuanmou Du
Beijing Weather Modification Center, Beijing 100089, China
Zhengguo Zhang
Weather Modification Office of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning 530022, China
Peng Cheng
Weather Modification Office of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning 530022, China
Tianliang Zhao
China Meteorological Administration Aerosol-Cloud and Precipitation Key Laboratory, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
China Meteorological Administration Aerosol-Cloud and Precipitation Key Laboratory, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Zihao Wu
China Meteorological Administration Aerosol-Cloud and Precipitation Key Laboratory, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
To understand the effect of aerosols on the vertical distribution of stratocumulus microphysical quantities in southwest China, the daily variation characteristics and formation mechanism of the vertical profiles of stratocumulus microphysical characteristics in this region were described using the data of nine cloud-crossing aircraft observations over Guangxi from 10 October to 3 November 2020.
To understand the effect of aerosols on the vertical distribution of stratocumulus microphysical...