期刊
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES
卷 127, 期 21, 页码 -出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2022JD037258
关键词
clouds; aerosols; stratocumulus to cumulus transition; large eddy simulations; marine boundary layer
资金
- NOAA's Climate Program Office Earth's Radiation Budget (ERB) Program [NA20OAR4320271]
- Pritzker Innovation Fund
- National Science Foundation [ACI-1548562]
- Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, & Ecosystem Studies (CIOCES) under NOAA [NA20OAR4320271, 2022-1204]
- Lowercarbon
- SilverLining through the Marine Cloud Brightening Project
This study investigates the stratocumulus to cumulus transitions (SCTs) and their sensitivity to aerosols using a large-eddy simulation (LES) model. The results show that changes in aerosols have an impact on the transition process, and precipitation plays a key role in the sensitivity.
Observed stratocumulus to cumulus transitions (SCTs) and their sensitivity to aerosols are studied using a large-eddy simulation (LES) model that simulates the aerosol lifecycle, including aerosol sources and sinks. To initialize, force, and evaluate the LES, we used a combination of reanalysis, satellite, and aircraft data from the 2015 Cloud System Evolution in the Trades field campaign over the Northeast Pacific. The simulations follow two Lagrangian trajectories from initially overcast stratocumulus (Sc) to the tropical shallow cumulus region near Hawaii. The first trajectory is characterized by an initially clean, well-mixed Sc-topped marine boundary layer (MBL), then continuous MBL deepening and precipitation onset followed by a clear SCT and a consistent reduction of aerosols that ultimately leads to an ultra-clean layer in the upper MBL. The second trajectory is characterized by an initially polluted and decoupled MBL, weak precipitation, and a late SCT. Overall, the LES simulates the observed general MBL features. Sensitivity studies with different aerosol initial and boundary conditions reveal aerosol-induced changes in the transition, and albedo changes are decomposed into the Twomey effect and adjustments of cloud liquid water path and cloud fraction. Impacts on precipitation play a key role in the sensitivity to aerosols: for the first case, runs with enhanced aerosols exhibit distinct changes in microphysics and macrophysics such as enhanced cloud droplet number concentration, reduced precipitation, and delayed SCT. Cloud adjustments are dominant in this case. For the second case, enhancing aerosols does not affect cloud macrophysical properties significantly, and the Twomey effect dominates.
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