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@article{Stier:2024:10.1038/s41561-024-01482-6,
author = {Stier, P and van, den Heever SC and Christensen, MW and Gryspeerdt, E and Dagan, G and Saleeby, SM and Bollasina, M and Donner, L and Emanuel, K and Ekman, AML and Feingold, G and Field, P and Forster, P and Haywood, J and Kahn, R and Koren, I and Kummerow, C and LEcuyer, T and Lohmann, U and Ming, Y and Myhre, G and Quaas, J and Rosenfeld, D and Samset, B and Seifert, A and Stephens, G and Tao, W-K},
doi = {10.1038/s41561-024-01482-6},
journal = {Nature Geoscience},
pages = {719--732},
title = {Multifaceted aerosol effects on precipitation},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01482-6},
volume = {17},
year = {2024}
}
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TY - JOUR
AB - Aerosols have been proposed to influence precipitation rates and spatial patterns from scales of individual clouds to the globe. However, large uncertainty remains regarding the underlying mechanisms and importance of multiple effects across spatial and temporal scales. Here we review the evidence and scientific consensus behind these effects, categorized into radiative effects via modification of radiative fluxes and the energy balance, and microphysical effects via modification of cloud droplets and ice crystals. Broad consensus and strong theoretical evidence exist that aerosol radiative effects (aerosol–radiation interactions and aerosol–cloud interactions) act as drivers of precipitation changes because global mean precipitation is constrained by energetics and surface evaporation. Likewise, aerosol radiative effects cause well-documented shifts of large-scale precipitation patterns, such as the intertropical convergence zone. The extent of aerosol effects on precipitation at smaller scales is less clear. Although there is broad consensus and strong evidence that aerosol perturbations microphysically increase cloud droplet numbers and decrease droplet sizes, thereby slowing precipitation droplet formation, the overall aerosol effect on precipitation across scales remains highly uncertain. Global cloud-resolving models provide opportunities to investigate mechanisms that are currently not well represented in global climate models and to robustly connect local effects with larger scales. This will increase our confidence in predicted impacts of climate change.
AU - Stier,P
AU - van,den Heever SC
AU - Christensen,MW
AU - Gryspeerdt,E
AU - Dagan,G
AU - Saleeby,SM
AU - Bollasina,M
AU - Donner,L
AU - Emanuel,K
AU - Ekman,AML
AU - Feingold,G
AU - Field,P
AU - Forster,P
AU - Haywood,J
AU - Kahn,R
AU - Koren,I
AU - Kummerow,C
AU - LEcuyer,T
AU - Lohmann,U
AU - Ming,Y
AU - Myhre,G
AU - Quaas,J
AU - Rosenfeld,D
AU - Samset,B
AU - Seifert,A
AU - Stephens,G
AU - Tao,W-K
DO - 10.1038/s41561-024-01482-6
EP - 732
PY - 2024///
SN - 1752-0894
SP - 719
TI - Multifaceted aerosol effects on precipitation
T2 - Nature Geoscience
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01482-6
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/113874
VL - 17
ER -