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Aircraft Observations Reveal the Relationship Between Cumulus Entrainment Rate and Aerosol Loading
Geophysical Research Letters ( IF 4.6 ) Pub Date : 2024-10-01 , DOI: 10.1029/2024gl110881 Lei Zhu, Chunsong Lu, Jingyi Chen, Yuan Wang, Xin He, Junjun Li, Xianghua Wu, Shang Wu
Geophysical Research Letters ( IF 4.6 ) Pub Date : 2024-10-01 , DOI: 10.1029/2024gl110881 Lei Zhu, Chunsong Lu, Jingyi Chen, Yuan Wang, Xin He, Junjun Li, Xianghua Wu, Shang Wu
The influence of entrainment, a key process characterized by the entrainment rate in cumulus parameterization, on aerosol-cloud interactions has been widely recognized. However, despite qualitative links established between entrainment and aerosol loading, a quantitative relationship based on observational evidence remains elusive. This study utilizes aircraft observations of cumulus clouds during two field campaigns to determine the quantitative relationship between entrainment rate and aerosol loading. In both campaigns, the entrainment rate is negatively correlated with aerosol loading. It is speculated that increased aerosol loading enhances cloud edge droplet evaporation, which leads to increased buoyancy and vertical velocity within the cloud, thereby reducing the entrainment rate. Further analysis shows that the response of entrainment rate to aerosol perturbations is more significant in smaller cumulus clouds with weak buoyancy and less pronounced under opposite conditions. These findings shed new light on improving the description of aerosol-cloud interactions in cumulus parameterizations.
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