Substantial convection and precipitation enhancements by ultrafineaerosol particles

Fan, Jiwen; Rosenfeld, Daniel; Zhang, Yuwei; Giangrande, Scott; Li, Zhanqing; A. T. Machado, Luiz; T. Martin, Scot; Yang, Yan; Wang, Jian; Artaxo, Paulo; M. J. Barbosa, Henrique; Campos Braga, Ramon; M. Comstock, J.; Feng, Zhe; Gao, Wenhua; Barros Gomes, Helber; Mei, Fan; Pöhlker, Christopher; L. Pöhlker, Mira; Pöschl, Ulrich; Augusto Ferreira De Souza, Rodrigo

doi:10.1126/science.aan8461

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Substantial convection and precipitation enhancements by ultrafineaerosol particles

Published in Science • Jan 25, 2018

Authors:

Jiwen Fan

Daniel Rosenfeld

Yuwei Zhang

Abstract

Up with ultrafine aerosol particles Ultrafine aerosol particles (smaller than 50 nanometers in diameter) have been thought to be too small to affect cloud formation. Fan et al. show that this is not the case. They studied the effect of urban pollution transported into the otherwise nearly pristine a...

Subject

Precipitation

Convection

Environmental science

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