The aerosol effect on clouds was explored using remote sensing of aerosol and cloud data at Shouxian, China. Non-precipitation, ice-free, and overcast clouds were firstly chosen by a combination of sky im- ages from t...The aerosol effect on clouds was explored using remote sensing of aerosol and cloud data at Shouxian, China. Non-precipitation, ice-free, and overcast clouds were firstly chosen by a combination of sky im- ages from the Total Sky Imager （TSI）, cloud base heights from the Ceilometer, and vertical temperature profiles from the Balloon-Borne Sounding System （BBSS）. Six cases were chosen in summer, and seven in autumn. The averaged cloud effective radii （re）, cloud optical depth （COD）, aerosol total light scattering coefficient （a）, and liquid water path （LWP） are, respectivey, 6.47 μm, 35.4, 595.9 mm-1, 0.19 mm in summer, and 6.07 μm, 96.0, 471.7 mm-1, 0.37 mm in autumn. The correlation coefficient between re and tc was found to change from negative to positive value as LWP increases.展开更多
基金supported by the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZCX2-YW-QN201)the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)(2006CB403706 and 2010CB950804)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(40775009 and 40875084)
文摘The aerosol effect on clouds was explored using remote sensing of aerosol and cloud data at Shouxian, China. Non-precipitation, ice-free, and overcast clouds were firstly chosen by a combination of sky im- ages from the Total Sky Imager （TSI）, cloud base heights from the Ceilometer, and vertical temperature profiles from the Balloon-Borne Sounding System （BBSS）. Six cases were chosen in summer, and seven in autumn. The averaged cloud effective radii （re）, cloud optical depth （COD）, aerosol total light scattering coefficient （a）, and liquid water path （LWP） are, respectivey, 6.47 μm, 35.4, 595.9 mm-1, 0.19 mm in summer, and 6.07 μm, 96.0, 471.7 mm-1, 0.37 mm in autumn. The correlation coefficient between re and tc was found to change from negative to positive value as LWP increases.
