DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.08.010
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85028691429
论文题名: The response of a simulated mesoscale convective system to increased aerosol pollution: Part I: Precipitation intensity, distribution, and efficiency
作者: Clavner M. ; Cotton W.R. ; van den Heever S.C. ; Saleeby S.M. ; Pierce J.R.
刊名: Atmospheric Research
ISSN: 1698095
出版年: 2018
卷: 199 起始页码: 193
结束页码: 208
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Aerosols
; Air pollution
; Atmospheric movements
; Drops
; Efficiency
; Pollution
; Pollution control
; Rain
; Spatial distribution
; Storms
; Aerosol concentration
; Cloud condensation nuclei
; Mesoscale Convective System
; Precipitation characteristics
; Precipitation efficiency
; Precipitation intensity
; Regional atmospheric modeling systems
; Stratiform precipitation
; Precipitation (meteorology)
; aerosol
; atmospheric pollution
; cloud water
; concentration (composition)
; convective system
; mesoscale meteorology
; precipitation intensity
; Great Plains
; United States
英文摘要: Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCSs) are important contributors to rainfall in the High Plains of the United States and elsewhere in the world. It is therefore of interest to understand how different aerosols serving as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) may impact the total amount, rates and spatial distribution of precipitation produced by MCSs. In this study, different aerosol concentrations and their effects on precipitation produced by an MCS are examined by simulating the 8 May 2009 “Super-Derecho” MCS using the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS), a cloud-resolving model (CRM) with sophisticated aerosol and microphysical parameterizations. Three simulations were conducted that differed only in the initial concentration, spatial distribution, and chemical composition of aerosols. Aerosol fields were derived from the output of GEOS-Chem, a 3D chemical transport numerical model. Results from the RAMS simulations show that the total domain precipitation was not significantly affected by variations in aerosol concentrations, however, the pollution aerosols altered the precipitation characteristics. The more polluted simulations exhibited higher precipitation rates, higher bulk precipitation efficiency, a larger area with heavier precipitation, and a smaller area with lighter precipitation. These differences arose as a result of aerosols enhancing precipitation in the convective region of the MCS while suppressing precipitation from the MCS's stratiform-anvil. In the convective region, several processes likely contributed to an increase of precipitation. First, owing to the very humid environment of this storm, the enhanced amount of cloud water available to be collected overwhelmed the reduction in precipitation efficiency associated with the aerosol-induced production of smaller droplets which led to a net increase in the conversion of cloud droplets to precipitation. Second, higher aerosol concentrations led to invigoration of convective updrafts which enhanced precipitation in accordance to the convective invigoration hypothesis. The reduction in stratiform precipitation in the more polluted simulations was found to be attributed to the presence of greater aerosol number concentrations that reduced both collision-coalescence and riming. Analysis of back trajeocty flow showed that the air feeding the stratiform-anvil originated within the free troposphere, by mesoscale ascent. Therefore, increased aerosol pollution at higher elevations impacted the stratiform precipitation formation within the simulated MCS. As a consequence, the more polluted simulations produced the smallest precipitation from the MCS stratiform-anvil region. In Part II the impact of aerosols on the severe winds produced by this storm is examined. © 2017 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/109023
Appears in Collections: 影响、适应和脆弱性 气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Recommended Citation:
Clavner M.,Cotton W.R.,van den Heever S.C.,et al. The response of a simulated mesoscale convective system to increased aerosol pollution: Part I: Precipitation intensity, distribution, and efficiency[J]. Atmospheric Research,2018-01-01,199