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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Main Authors: D. Rosenfeld, Y. J. Kaufman, I. Koren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2006-01-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/6/2503/2006/acp-6-2503-2006.pdf