https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611916013
Cloud and Aerosol Interaction Observed in SKYNET Hefei Site in China
1 Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Composition and Optical Radiation, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
3 University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
4 Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Wyoming, WY 82070, USA
* Email: wyj@aiofm.ac.cn
Published online: 7 June 2016
The interaction relationship between cloud and aerosol is studied via their optical depth and cloud effective radius based on ground-based remote sensors. By attenuated backscatter obtained by lidar the optical depth of cloud and aerosol is retrieved. Combing with liquid water path observed by microwave radiometer, the cloud number concentration and cloud effective radius is also retrieved based on the adiabatic hypothesis Cases studies shows that during the stable stratocumulus with interval precipitation period and aerosol with vertical motion, the cloud effective radius shows both negative and positive relationship with aerosol optical depth. It may be due to the difference of liquid water path of the cloud properties and shows complex interaction with aerosol.
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