Switching cloud cover and dynamical regimes from open to closed Benard cells in response to the suppression of precipitation by aerosols
The dynamic structure of the weakly sheared atmospheric marine boundary layer (MBL) supports three distinct states of cloud cover, which are associated with the concentrations of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) aerosols in the MBL: (i) CCN rich MBL with closed Benard cellular convection that forms n...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2006-01-01
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Series: | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics |
Online Access: | http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/6/2503/2006/acp-6-2503-2006.pdf |