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Numerical simulations of aerosol radiative effects and their impact on clouds and atmospheric dynamics over southern West Africa

Deetz, Konrad 1; Vogel, Heike ORCID iD icon 1; Knippertz, Peter ORCID iD icon 1; Adler, Bianca 1; Taylor, Jonathan; Coe, Hugh; Bower, Keith; Haslett, Sophie; Flynn, Michael; Dorsey, James; Crawford, Ian; Kottmeier, Christoph 1; Vogel, Bernhard 1
1 Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

Abstract. Southern West Africa (SWA) is undergoing rapid and significant socioeconomic changes associated with a massive increase in air pollution. Still, the impact of atmospheric pollutants, in particular that of aerosol particles, on weather and climate in this region is virtually unexplored. In this study, the regional-scale model framework COSMO-ART is applied to SWA for a summer monsoon process study on 2–3 July 2016 to assess the aerosol direct and indirect effect on clouds and atmospheric dynamics. The modeling study is supported by observational data obtained during the extensive field campaign of the project DACCIWA (Dynamics–Aerosol–Chemistry–Cloud Interactions in West Africa) in June–July 2016. As indicated in previous studies, a coastal front is observed that develops during daytime and propagates inland in the evening (Atlantic inflow). Increasing the aerosol amount in COSMO-ART leads to reduced propagation velocities with frontal displacements of 10–30km and a weakening of the nocturnal low-level jet. This is related to a subtle balance of processes related to the decrease in near-surface heating: (1) flow deceleration due to reduced land–sea temperature contrast and thus local pressure gradient, (2) reduced turbulence favoring frontal advance inland and (3) delayed stratus-to-cumulus transition of 1–2h via a later onset of the convective boundary layer. ... mehr


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000084495
Veröffentlicht am 16.07.2018
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.5194/acp-18-9767-2018
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung Troposphärenforschung (IMKTRO)
KIT-Zentrum Klima und Umwelt (ZKU)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2018
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1680-7324
urn:nbn:de:swb:90-844951
KITopen-ID: 1000084495
HGF-Programm 12.01.01 (POF III, LK 01) Clouds in a pertubed atmosphere
Erschienen in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
Verlag European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Band 18
Heft 13
Seiten 9767–9788
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