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https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3558
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3558
04 Feb 2025
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Impacts of aerosol-radiation and aerosol-cloud interactions on a short-term heavy rainfall event – A case study in the Guanzhong Basin, China

Naifang Bei, Bo Xiao, Ruonan Wang, Yuning Yang, Lang Liu, Yongming Han, and Guohui Li

Abstract. Atmospheric aerosols influence clouds and precipitation by aerosol-radiation interactions (ARIs) and aerosol-cloud interactions (ACIs). In the study, the synergetic effect of ARIs and ACIs on development and precipitation for a mesoscale convective system (MCS) occurred in the Guanzhong Basin (GZB) of central China has been examined using a cloud-resolving fully-coupled Weather Research and Forecasting model with chemistry (WRF-Chem). The model reasonably reproduces the temporal variation and spatial distribution of air pollutants, the hourly rain rate and daily precipitation distribution against observations in the GZB. Sensitivity simulations are conducted under different aerosol scenarios by adjusting the anthropogenic emissions. When the ARI effect is not considered, the daily precipitation does not show an increasing trend with increasing aerosols in the GZB, which is mainly caused by competition among convective clouds to available water vapor in development of the MCS. ARIs exert two opposite effects on convection: stabilizing effect to suppress convection and lifting effect to foster convection, which counteract each other. When the lifting effect outweighs stabilizing effect, the updraft is enhanced, which increases precipitation in the GZB. However, the synergetic effect of ARIs and ACIs significantly suppress precipitation when the PM pollution is severe. It is worth noting that the synergetic effect consistently decreases the precipitation in the whole domain with increasing aerosols, but ARIs play a more important role in the decreasing trend of the precipitation with deterioration of PM pollution.

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22 Sep 2025
Impacts of aerosol–radiation and aerosol–cloud interactions on a short-term heavy-rainfall event – a case study in the Guanzhong Basin, China
Naifang Bei, Bo Xiao, Ruonan Wang, Yuning Yang, Lang Liu, Yongming Han, and Guohui Li
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 10931–10948, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-10931-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-10931-2025, 2025
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Naifang Bei, Bo Xiao, Ruonan Wang, Yuning Yang, Lang Liu, Yongming Han, and Guohui Li

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  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-3558', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Feb 2025
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-3558', Anonymous Referee #3, 04 Apr 2025

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AR by Guohui Li on behalf of the Authors (15 May 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
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RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (17 Jun 2025)
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ED: Publish as is (01 Jul 2025) by Zhanqing Li
AR by Guohui Li on behalf of the Authors (04 Jul 2025)  Manuscript 

Journal article(s) based on this preprint

22 Sep 2025
Impacts of aerosol–radiation and aerosol–cloud interactions on a short-term heavy-rainfall event – a case study in the Guanzhong Basin, China
Naifang Bei, Bo Xiao, Ruonan Wang, Yuning Yang, Lang Liu, Yongming Han, and Guohui Li
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 10931–10948, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-10931-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-10931-2025, 2025
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Naifang Bei, Bo Xiao, Ruonan Wang, Yuning Yang, Lang Liu, Yongming Han, and Guohui Li
Naifang Bei, Bo Xiao, Ruonan Wang, Yuning Yang, Lang Liu, Yongming Han, and Guohui Li

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This study uses a cloud-resolving model to examine how aerosols influence a mesoscale convective system (MCS) in central China via aerosol-radiation (ARIs) and aerosol-cloud interactions (ACIs). Without ARIs, added aerosols don’t significantly affect precipitation due to cloud competition for moisture. ARIs can stabilize or enhance convection. High aerosol levels lead to a combined ARI and ACI effect that greatly reduces precipitation.
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