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12 Oct 2026
Research article |
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Cloud vertical structure across China from a national Ka-band cloud radar network: thermodynamic, dynamical, and land-surface controls
Hui Xu
State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather Meteorological Science and Technology & Specialized Meteorological Advanced Support Technology Research Center, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather Meteorological Science and Technology & Specialized Meteorological Advanced Support Technology Research Center, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
Jianbo Deng
Hunan Meteorological Research Institute, Changsha, 410118, China
Rongfang Yang
China Meteorological Administration Xiong'an Atmospheric Boundary Layer Key Laboratory, Xiong'an New Area, 071800, China
Hebei Meteorological Technology and Equipment Center, Shijiazhuang 050022, China
Deli Meng
National Institute of Natural Hazards, Ministry of Emergency Management of China, Beijing 100085, China
Zhen Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather Meteorological Science and Technology & Specialized Meteorological Advanced Support Technology Research Center, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
Ning Li
State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather Meteorological Science and Technology & Specialized Meteorological Advanced Support Technology Research Center, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
Yuping Sun
State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather Meteorological Science and Technology & Specialized Meteorological Advanced Support Technology Research Center, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
Shuairu Jiang
State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather Meteorological Science and Technology & Specialized Meteorological Advanced Support Technology Research Center, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
Tianmeng Chen
State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather Meteorological Science and Technology & Specialized Meteorological Advanced Support Technology Research Center, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
Juan Chen
AVIC Leihua Electronic Technology Research Institute, Wuxi 214063, China
Liping Zeng
Guizhou New Meteorological Technology Co., Ltd, Guiyang 550001, China
Yongshui Zhou
Meteorological Observatory of Guizhou, Guiyang 550001, China
Bing Tong
State Key Laboratory of Regional and Urban Ecology, Research Center for Eco-environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
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Aeolus is the first satellite mission to directly observe wind profile information on a global scale. However, Aeolus wind products over China were thus far not evaluated by in-situ comparison. This work is the comparison of wind speed on a large scale between the Aeolus, ERA5 and RS , shedding important light on the data application of Aeolus wind products.
Jianping Guo, Jian Zhang, Kun Yang, Hong Liao, Shaodong Zhang, Kaiming Huang, Yanmin Lv, Jia Shao, Tao Yu, Bing Tong, Jian Li, Tianning Su, Steve H. L. Yim, Ad Stoffelen, Panmao Zhai, and Xiaofeng Xu
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 17079–17097, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-17079-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-17079-2021, 2021
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The planetary boundary layer (PBL) is the lowest part of the troposphere, and boundary layer height (BLH) is the depth of the PBL and is of critical importance to the dispersion of air pollution. The study presents the first near-global BLH climatology by using high-resolution (5-10 m) radiosonde measurements. The variations in BLH exhibit large spatial and temporal dependence, with a peak at 17:00 local solar time. The most promising reanalysis product is ERA-5 in terms of modeling BLH.
Seoung Soo Lee, Kyung-Ja Ha, Manguttathil Gopalakrishnan Manoj, Mohammad Kamruzzaman, Hyungjun Kim, Nobuyuki Utsumi, Youtong Zheng, Byung-Gon Kim, Chang Hoon Jung, Junshik Um, Jianping Guo, Kyoung Ock Choi, and Go-Un Kim
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 16843–16868, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-16843-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-16843-2021, 2021
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Using a modeling framework, a midlatitude stratocumulus cloud system is simulated. It is found that cloud mass in the system becomes very low due to interactions between ice and liquid particles compared to that in the absence of ice particles. It is also found that interactions between cloud mass and aerosols lead to a reduction in cloud mass in the system, and this is contrary to an aerosol-induced increase in cloud mass in the absence of ice particles.
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Using a new national network of 80 cloud radars, we mapped how clouds are layered and how high they reach across China. Clouds vary strongly by region, season, and time of day, with deeper clouds in humid conditions and shallower clouds under stable or strong shear conditions. Afternoon single‑layer low CBH is significantly higher than all‑hour, especially over evergreen broadleaf. These findings help improve weather and climate predictions.
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