Boundary conditions representation can determine simulated aerosol effects on convective cloud fields

Guy Dagan; Philip Stier; George Spill; Ross Herbert; Max Heikenfeld; Susan C. van den Heever; Peter J. Marinescu

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00399-5

Communications Earth & Environment (Mar 2022)

Boundary conditions representation can determine simulated aerosol effects on convective cloud fields

Guy Dagan,
Philip Stier,
George Spill,
Ross Herbert,
Max Heikenfeld,
Susan C. van den Heever,
Peter J. Marinescu

Affiliations

Guy Dagan: Fredy and Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University
Philip Stier: Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
George Spill: Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
Ross Herbert: Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
Max Heikenfeld: Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
Susan C. van den Heever: Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
Peter J. Marinescu: Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00399-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The model-simulated response of environmental conditions to aerosol perturbations in shallow and deep convective clouds is strongly affected by boundary conditions of the simulation, suggest analyses of idealised and realistic simulations of aerosol-cloud interactions.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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