Impact of aerosols on convective clouds and precipitation

WK Tao, JP Chen, Z Li, C Wang… - Reviews of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosols are a critical factor in the atmospheric hydrological cycle and radiation budget. As a
major agent for clouds to form and a significant attenuator of solar radiation, aerosols affect …

Detectable impact of local and remote anthropogenic aerosols on the 20th century changes of West African and South Asian monsoon precipitation

S Undorf, D Polson, MA Bollasina… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic aerosols are a key driver of changes in summer monsoon precipitation in the
Northern Hemisphere during the 20th century. Here we apply detection and attribution …

[HTML][HTML] CALIPSO-derived three-dimensional structure of aerosol over the Atlantic Basin and adjacent continents

AM Adams, JM Prospero, C Zhang - Journal of Climate, 2012 - journals.ametsoc.org
CALIPSO-Derived Three-Dimensional Structure of Aerosol over the Atlantic Basin and
Adjacent Continents in: Journal of Climate Volume 25 Issue 19 (2012) Jump to Content …

Variability of surface solar radiation under clear skies over Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Role of aerosols and water vapor

L Yu, M Zhang, L Wang, W Qin, D Jiang, J Li - Atmospheric environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Surface solar radiation (SSR) plays a vital role in the global energy cycle and the interaction
between the earth and atmosphere. It has a significant impact on climate change. Aerosols …

CALIPSO inferred most probable heights of global dust and smoke layers

J Huang, J Guo, F Wang, Z Liu… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The vertical location of aerosol layers is critical for determining predominance of aerosol
radiative and microphysical effects in aerosol‐cloud‐precipitation‐climate interaction. The …

Uncertainty in simulating twentieth century West African precipitation trends: The role of anthropogenic aerosol emissions

PA Monerie, AJ Dittus, LJ Wilcox, AG Turner - Earth's Future, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic aerosol emissions from North America and Europe have strong effects on the
decadal variability of the West African monsoon (WAM). Anthropogenic aerosol effective …

Polarimetric remote sensing in oxygen A and B bands: sensitivity study and information content analysis for vertical profile of aerosols

S Ding, J Wang, X Xu - Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2016 - amt.copernicus.org
Theoretical analysis is conducted to reveal the information content of aerosol vertical profile
in space-borne measurements of the backscattered radiance and degree of linear …

[HTML][HTML] An investigation of the aerosol indirect effect on convective intensity using satellite observations

C Wall, E Zipser, C Liu - Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2014 - journals.ametsoc.org
Berg, W., T. L'Ecuyer, and S. van den Heever, 2008: Evidence for the impact of aerosols on
the onset and microphysical properties of rainfall from a combination of satellite …

[HTML][HTML] The vertical variability of black carbon observed in the atmospheric boundary layer during DACCIWA

B Altstädter, K Deetz, B Vogel, K Babić… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
This study underlines the important role of the transported black carbon (BC) mass
concentration in the West African monsoon (WAM) area. BC was measured with a micro …

Study on influencing factors of the information content of satellite remote-sensing aerosol vertical profiles using oxygen A-band

Y Wang, X Sun, H Huang, R Ti, X Liu, Y Fan - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aerosol vertical distribution is decisive and hard to be constrained. It is of great significance
for the study of atmospheric climate and environment. Oxygen absorption A-bands (755–775 …