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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES
卷 117, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018305
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- NASA Ocean Vector Winds Science Team
- NASA [NNX10AN78G, NNX10AM29G]
- NSF [ATM-0745702, ATM-0745368, ATM-0745986]
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Div Atmospheric & Geospace Sciences [0745702] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Div Atmospheric & Geospace Sciences
- Directorate For Geosciences [1102505] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- NASA [NNX10AM29G, 127625, NNX10AN78G, 128843] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
The concentration N-d of cloud droplets in marine low clouds is a primary determinant of their ability to reflect sunlight and modulates their ability to precipitate. Previous studies have focused upon aerosol source variability as the key driver of variability in N-d. Here, we use a highly simplified aerosol budget model to examine the impact of precipitation on N-d. This model considers: precipitation (coalescence) scavenging, constrained using new satellite measurements of light precipitation; entrainment of aerosol from above cloud combined with constant aerosol concentration based on recent field observations of aerosol particles in the free troposphere; and sea-surface aerosol production estimated using a wind speed dependent source function. Despite the highly simplified nature of this model, it skillfully predicts the geographical variability of N-d in regions of extensive marine low clouds. Inclusion of precipitation results in reduction in N-d by factors of 2-3 over the remote oceans. Within 500 km of coastlines the reduction in N-d due to precipitation is weak but in these regions the model is not able to accurately predict N-d because of strong pollution sources. In general, neither free-tropospheric nor surface CCN sources alone are sufficient to maintain N-d against precipitation losses. The results demonstrate that even the light precipitation rates typical of marine stratocumulus profoundly impact the radiative properties of marine low clouds.
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