scholarly journals Review of "The role of aerosol-cloud interactions in linking anthropogenic pollution over southern West Africa and dust emission over the Sahara"

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anonymous
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Dust Emission ◽  
Anthropogenic Pollution ◽  
Aerosol Cloud ◽  
Aerosol Cloud Interactions

scholarly journals The role of aerosol-cloud interactions in linking anthropogenic pollution over southern West Africa and dust emission over the Sahara

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Menut ◽  
Paolo Tuccella ◽  
Cyrille Flamant ◽  
Adrien Deroubaix ◽  
Marco Gaetani
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Mineral Dust ◽  
Surface Wind ◽  
Dust Emission ◽  
Atmospheric Composition ◽  
Anthropogenic Emissions ◽  
Dust Emissions ◽  
Aerosol Cloud ◽  
Aerosol Cloud Interactions ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. The aerosol direct and indirect effects are studied over West Africa in the summer of 2016 using the coupled WRF-CHIMERE regional model including aerosol-cloud interaction parametrization. First, a reference simulation is performed and compared with observations acquired during the Dynamics-Aerosol-Chemistry-Cloud Interactions in West Africa (DACCIWA) field campaign which took place in June and July 2016. Sensitivity experiments are also designed to gain insights into the impact of the aerosols dominating the atmospheric composition in southern West Africa (one simulation with halved anthropogenic emissions and one with halved mineral dust emissions). The most important effect of aerosol-cloud interactions is found for the mineral dust scenario and it is shown that halving the emissions of mineral dust decreases the 2-m temperature by 0.5 K and the boundary layer height by 25 m in monthly average and over the Saharan region. The presence of dust aerosols also increases (resp. decreases) the shortwave (resp. longwave) radiation at the surface by 25 W/m2. It is also shown that the decrease of anthropogenic emissions along the coast has an impact on the mineral dust load over West Africa by increasing their emissions in Saharan region. It is due to a mechanism where particulate matter concentrations are decreased along the coast, imposing a latitudinal shift of the monsoonal precipitation, and, in turn, an increase of the surface wind speed over arid areas, inducing more mineral dust emissions.

scholarly journals Ocean Emission Effects on Aerosol-Cloud Interactions: Insights from Two Case Studies

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armin Sorooshian ◽  
Hanh T. Duong
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Anthropogenic Pollution ◽  
Cloud Microphysics ◽  
Marine Aerosols ◽  
Aerosol Cloud ◽  
First Case ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Aerosol Cloud Interactions

Two case studies are discussed that evaluate the effect of ocean emissions on aerosol-cloud interactions. A review of the first case study from the eastern Pacific Ocean shows that simultaneous aircraft and space-borne observations are valuable in detecting links between ocean biota emissions and marine aerosols, but that the effect of the former on cloud microphysics is less clear owing to interference from background anthropogenic pollution and the difficulty with field experiments in obtaining a wide range of aerosol conditions to robustly quantify ocean effects on aerosol-cloud interactions. To address these limitations, a second case was investigated using remote sensing data over the less polluted Southern Ocean region. The results indicate that cloud drop size is reduced more for a fixed increase in aerosol particles during periods of higher ocean chlorophyll A. Potential biases in the results owing to statistical issues in the data analysis are discussed.

scholarly journals The role of aerosol–radiation–cloud interactions in linking anthropogenic pollution over southern west Africa and dust emission over the Sahara

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (23) ◽  
pp. 14657-14676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Menut ◽  
Paolo Tuccella ◽  
Cyrille Flamant ◽  
Adrien Deroubaix ◽  
Marco Gaetani
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Mineral Dust ◽  
Surface Wind ◽  
Dust Emission ◽  
Longwave Radiation ◽  
Atmospheric Composition ◽  
Anthropogenic Emissions ◽  
Dust Emissions ◽  
Aerosol Cloud ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. The aerosol direct and indirect effects are studied over west Africa in the summer of 2016 using the coupled WRF-CHIMERE regional model including aerosol–cloud interaction parameterization. First, a reference simulation is performed and compared with observations acquired during the Dynamics-aerosol-chemistry-cloud interactions in West Africa (DACCIWA) field campaign which took place in June and July 2016. Sensitivity experiments are also designed to gain insights into the impact of the aerosols dominating the atmospheric composition in southern west Africa (one simulation with halved anthropogenic emissions and one with halved mineral dust emissions). The most important effect of aerosol–cloud interactions is found for the mineral dust scenario, and it is shown that halving the emissions of mineral dust decreases the 2 m temperature by 0.5 K and the boundary layer height by 25 m on a monthly average (July 2016) and over the Saharan region. The presence of dust aerosols also increases (decreases) the shortwave (longwave) radiation at the surface by 25 W m−2. It is also shown that the decrease of anthropogenic emissions along the coast has an impact on the mineral dust load over west Africa by increasing their emissions in the Saharan region. It is due to a mechanism where particulate matter concentrations are decreased along the coast, imposing a latitudinal shift of the monsoonal precipitation and, in turn, an increase of the surface wind speed over arid areas, inducing more mineral dust emissions.

scholarly journals The role of deep convection and nocturnal low‐level jets for dust emission in summertime West Africa: Estimates from convection‐permitting simulations

2013 ◽  
Vol 118 (10) ◽  
pp. 4385-4400 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Heinold ◽  
P. Knippertz ◽  
J. H. Marsham ◽  
S. Fiedler ◽  
N. S. Dixon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Deep Convection ◽  
Dust Emission ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Low Level Jets

scholarly journals Significant underestimation of radiative forcing by aerosol–cloud interactions derived from satellite-based methods

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hailing Jia ◽  
Xiaoyan Ma ◽  
Fangqun Yu ◽  
Johannes Quaas
Keyword(s):  
Radiative Forcing ◽  
Cloud Fraction ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Satellite Measurements ◽  
Aerosol Cloud ◽  
Fine Mode ◽  
Sampling Biases ◽  
Aerosol Cloud Interactions ◽  
Significant Underestimation ◽  
Weak Satellite

AbstractSatellite-based estimates of radiative forcing by aerosol–cloud interactions (RFaci) are consistently smaller than those from global models, hampering accurate projections of future climate change. Here we show that the discrepancy can be substantially reduced by correcting sampling biases induced by inherent limitations of satellite measurements, which tend to artificially discard the clouds with high cloud fraction. Those missed clouds exert a stronger cooling effect, and are more sensitive to aerosol perturbations. By accounting for the sampling biases, the magnitude of RFaci (from −0.38 to −0.59 W m−2) increases by 55 % globally (133 % over land and 33 % over ocean). Notably, the RFaci further increases to −1.09 W m−2 when switching total aerosol optical depth (AOD) to fine-mode AOD that is a better proxy for CCN than AOD. In contrast to previous weak satellite-based RFaci, the improved one substantially increases (especially over land), resolving a major difference with models.

scholarly journals 100 Years of Progress in Cloud Physics, Aerosols, and Aerosol Chemistry Research

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 11.1-11.72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia M. Kreidenweis ◽  
Markus Petters ◽  
Ulrike Lohmann
Keyword(s):  
Radiative Forcing ◽  
Cloud Microphysics ◽  
Climate System ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Climate Projections ◽  
Weather Modification ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Aerosol Cloud ◽  
Chemistry Research ◽  
Aerosol Cloud Interactions

Abstract This chapter reviews the history of the discovery of cloud nuclei and their impacts on cloud microphysics and the climate system. Pioneers including John Aitken, Sir John Mason, Hilding Köhler, Christian Junge, Sean Twomey, and Kenneth Whitby laid the foundations of the field. Through their contributions and those of many others, rapid progress has been made in the last 100 years in understanding the sources, evolution, and composition of the atmospheric aerosol, the interactions of particles with atmospheric water vapor, and cloud microphysical processes. Major breakthroughs in measurement capabilities and in theoretical understanding have elucidated the characteristics of cloud condensation nuclei and ice nucleating particles and the role these play in shaping cloud microphysical properties and the formation of precipitation. Despite these advances, not all their impacts on cloud formation and evolution have been resolved. The resulting radiative forcing on the climate system due to aerosol–cloud interactions remains an unacceptably large uncertainty in future climate projections. Process-level understanding of aerosol–cloud interactions remains insufficient to support technological mitigation strategies such as intentional weather modification or geoengineering to accelerating Earth-system-wide changes in temperature and weather patterns.

scholarly journals Promoting research to improve maternal, neonatal, infant and adolescent health in West Africa: the role of the West African Health Organisation

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Issiaka Sombie ◽  
Aissa Bouwayé ◽  
Yves Mongbo ◽  
Namoudou Keita ◽  
Virgil Lokossou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
West African ◽  
The West ◽  
African Health
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