Aerosol–radiation–cloud interactions in a regional coupled  model: the effects of convective parameterisation and resolution

Archer-Nicholls, Scott; Lowe, Douglas; Schultz, David M.; McFiggans, Gordon

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5573-2016

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South AMerican Biomass Burning Analysis (SAMBBA)

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5573-2016

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04 May 2016

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| 04 May 2016

Aerosol–radiation–cloud interactions in a regional coupled model: the effects of convective parameterisation and resolution

Scott Archer-Nicholls, Douglas Lowe, David M. Schultz, and Gordon McFiggans

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RC C8784: 'Review of “Aerosol-radiation-cloud interactions in a regional coupled model: the effects of convective parameterisation and resolution” by Archer-Nicholls', Anonymous Referee #1, 31 Oct 2015
- AC C12446: 'Response to anonymous reviewer #1', Scott Archer-Nicholls, 16 Feb 2016
RC C9836: 'Review of Archer-Nicholls et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Nov 2015
- AC C12447: 'Response to anonymous reviewer #2', Scott Archer-Nicholls, 16 Feb 2016

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AR by Scott Archer-Nicholls on behalf of the Authors (23 Mar 2016) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (04 Apr 2016) by Gunnar Myhre

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (14 Apr 2016)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (15 Apr 2016)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (22 Apr 2016) by Gunnar Myhre

Short summary

The response of the Weather Research and Forecasting model with Chemistry to forcings by biomass burning aerosol were investigated in high-resolution nested domains over Brazil. The aerosol-layer was found to have a negative direct effect at the top of the atmosphere, but this was largely cancelled by a semi-direct effect which inhibited afternoon cloud formation. The cloud response to the aerosol was found to be highly sensitive to model resolution and the use of convective parameterisation.