Urban Aerosol Impacts on Downwind Convective Storms Speaker:陳文彬 VAN DEN HEEVER,S. AND WILLIAM R. COTTON J. Appl. Meteor. Climate.,46,828-850
St .Louis 8 June 1999 雷達回波:contour:10dBZ
Grid1:37.5km Grid2:7.5km Grid3:1.5km
Aerosol initialization concentrations
方形矩陣:downwind calculation
Shaded : T Contours: water vapor mixing ratio Time evolution of the RURAL-H - NOCITY-H temperature and water vapor mixing ratio fields Shaded : T Contours: water vapor mixing ratio
Higher background aerosol concentration results
RURAL-H test Contoured at 750m: Updraft velocity Shaded: CCN個數at 500m
NOCITY-H test
URBAN-H test.
Time series of the total hydrometeor mass
Time series of the accumulated volumetric precipitation
Lower background aerosol concentration results
RURAL-L simulation
URBAN-L simulation
Time series of (a) the maximum updraft within the downwind region and (b) the average of the Maximum downdraft within the downwind region
Time series of the (left) cloud and (right) rain mixing ratios
RURAL-L URBAN-L accumulated surface precipitation
Conclusions When GCCN or both CCN and GCCN concentrations were enhanced, cloud water and rain formed more rapidly. The updrafts were also stronger initially, and the downdrafts developed more quickly. Greater amounts of surface precipitation were also produced in these cases during the first 1.25–1.5 h. When CCN alone were enhanced, the formation of cloud water, rain, and all of the ice species was delayed, as was the development of both the updrafts and downdrafts. The surface precipitation was suppressed in the presence of urban-enhanced CCN concentrations.
Conclusions GCCN and both GCCN and CCN are enhanced leads to earlier in the storm life cycle than in the control simulation. Urban aerosol effects on downwind convection and precipitation could be expected to be greater in less industrialized regions of the United States, as well as in countries such as Canada and Australia, where the background aerosol concentrations are generally lower. The extremely complex, nonlinear relationships between the microphysics and dynamics therefore make it difficult to make absolute statements regarding the impacts of urban-enhanced CCN and GCCN on downwind convection and precipitation.