主办单位:中国气象局沈阳大气环境研究所
国际刊号:ISSN 1673-503X
国内刊号:CN 21-1531/P

Journal of Meteorology and Environment ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (5): 52-61.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-503X.2020.05.007

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Impact of indirect effects of sulfate aerosol on winter climate in East China

Dong-dong WANG1(),Bin ZHU2,3,4,5,*(),Xu-jiang WAN6   

  1. 1. Institute of Atmospheric Environment, China Meteorological Administration, Shenyang 110166, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
    3. International Cooperative Joint Laboratory on Climate and Environmental Change, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
    4. Collaborative Innovation Center For Meteorological Disaster Prediction, Warning and Assessment, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
    5. Key Open Laboratory of Aerosol and Cloud Precipitation, China Meteorological Administration, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
    6. Liaoning Weather Modification Office, Shenyang 110166, China
  • Received:2020-05-15 Online:2020-10-30 Published:2020-09-09
  • Contact: Bin ZHU E-mail:wangdd-iaesy@qq.com;binzhu@nuist.edu.cn

Abstract:

The indirect effects (IE) of aerosols affect the climate through clouds, which is complex and uncertain.Based on the CAM5.1 (Community Atmosphere Model, V5.1) model developed by the NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research), sensitivity experiments of the IE of sulfate aerosols were designed to investigate the influence of the IE on a cloud, precipitation and the intensity of monsoon in winter in East China in this paper by changing the number concentrations of the sulfate aerosols that can serve as the cloud condensation nuclei number concentration.The results show that sulfate aerosols play a dominant role in the formation of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) in East Asia.The indirect effects of sulfate aerosols result in a significant increasing concentration of CCN and cloud droplet number in winter in East China, decrease the effective radius of cloud droplet in the low layer of ocean and land, and increase the total cloud liquid water path, resulting in an increasing albedo of a cloud.The negative radiation effect forces to cool the surface and lower atmosphere, increases the sea level press.The increasing sea-land pressure gradient leads to the intensification of the East Asian winter monsoon and the reduction of the total precipitation rate in southern China.The indirect effects of sulfate aerosols may not be responsible for the decadal weakening of East Asian winter monsoon in the mid-1980s.

Key words: Sulfate aerosol, CAM5.1 model, Sensitivity experiments, East Asian winter monsoon

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