A coupled meteorology and aerosol/chemistry model WRF-Chem(Weather Research and Forecast model coupled with Chemistry) was used to conduct a pair of simulations with present-day(PD) and preindustrial(PI) emissions over East Asia to examine the aerosol indirect effect on clouds.As a result of an increase in aerosols in January,the cloud droplet number increased by 650 cm-3 over the ocean and East China,400 cm-3 over Central and Southwest China,and less than 200 cm-3 over North China.The cloud liquid water pa...
【英文摘要】
A coupled meteorology and aerosol/chemistry model WRF-Chem(Weather Research and Forecast model coupled with Chemistry) was used to conduct a pair of simulations with present-day(PD) and preindustrial(PI) emissions over East Asia to examine the aerosol indirect effect on clouds.As a result of an increase in aerosols in January,the cloud droplet number increased by 650 cm-3 over the ocean and East China,400 cm-3 over Central and Southwest China,and less than 200 cm-3 over North China.The cloud liquid water pa...
【基金】
supported by the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZCX2-YW-Q11-04);
the “Strategic Priority Research Program” of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA05100502)
【更新日期】
2012-02-23
【分类号】
P427.2;X513
【正文快照】
1 Introduction Aerosols directly influence climate by absorbing and scattering radiation and indirectly influence it by acting as cloud condensation and ice nuclei, which alter cloud properties. There is also an aerosol semi-direct effect, which refers to