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Long-term field translocation differentially affects arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal trees in a sub-tropical forest Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Ting Wu, David T Tissue, Wei Su, Xu Li, Shimin Yang, Xujun Liu, Yue Liu, Zhiyang Lie, Shuyidan Zhou, Ze Meng, Junhua Yan, Xuli Tang, Shizhong Liu, Guowei Chu, Mianhai Zheng, Juxiu Liu
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and ectomycorrhizal (EcM) trees are commonly represented in tropical forests, but their response to warming is generally not known. We conducted a long-term (9-year) field experiment in subtropical China by translocating AM tree species (Machilus breviflora and Schima superba) and EcM tree species (Syzygium rehderianum and Castanopsis hystrix) from a cooler high-elevation
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How will increased atmospheric CO2 and climate change-induced wind trends alter the probability of tree failures from wind gusts Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Samuel Woolsey, Horia Hangan, Hassan Peerhossaini, Danielle Way
Trees provide numerous benefits to communities, but pose a risk when they are damaged. The likelihood that trees will be damaged in a windstorm is increasing due to climate change, as wind trends are changing as the climate warms, and rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations could alter the resistance of trees to wind damage. To address these concerns, we created a tree damage model that integrates results
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Spring photosynthetic phenology of Chinese vegetation in response to climate change and its impact on net primary productivity Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Yingying Xue, Xiaoyong Bai, Cuiwei Zhao, Qiu Tan, Yangbing Li, Guangjie Luo, Luhua Wu, Fei Chen, Chaojun Li, Chen Ran, Sirui Zhang, Min Liu, Suhua Gong, Lian Xiong, Fengjiao Song, Chaochao Du, Biqin Xiao, Zilin Li, Mingkang Long
In the context of global warming, the advancement of spring phenology in northern and temperate regions due to increased temperatures has been widely reported. Early and delayed start of the photosynthetic period (SOP) directly affects the vegetation net primary productivity (NPP). However, the interrelationship between climate change, the SOP, and the NPP is unclear. In this paper, we use the dynamics
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Soils are a non-negligible source of NO in a UK suburban greenspace and SE Australian Eucalyptus forest Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Hyunjin An, Emma J. Sayer, James Allan, Michael Flynn, Frances Phillips, Doreena Dominick, Travis Naylor, Clare Paton-Walsh, Kathryn M. Emmerson, Malcolm Possell, Danica Parnell, Kirsti Ashworth
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Projection of temperature-related mortality among the elderly under advanced aging and climate change scenario npj Clim. Atmos. Sci. (IF 9.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Yi Huang, Chen Li, De Li Liu, Jun Yang
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Improving air quality assessment using physics-inspired deep graph learning npj Clim. Atmos. Sci. (IF 9.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Lianfa Li, Jinfeng Wang, Meredith Franklin, Qian Yin, Jiajie Wu, Gustau Camps-Valls, Zhiping Zhu, Chengyi Wang, Yong Ge, Markus Reichstein
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The ratio of mesoscale convective system precipitation to total precipitation increases in future climate change scenarios npj Clim. Atmos. Sci. (IF 9.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Alex M. Haberlie, Walker S. Ashley, Victor A. Gensini, Allison C. Michaelis
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Impacts of the North Atlantic biases on the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere over the extratropical North Pacific npj Clim. Atmos. Sci. (IF 9.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Rajat Joshi, Rong Zhang
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Substantially positive contributions of new particle formation to cloud condensation nuclei under low supersaturation in China based on numerical model improvements Atmos. Chem. Phys. (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Chupeng Zhang, Shangfei Hai, Yang Gao, Yuhang Wang, Shaoqing Zhang, Lifang Sheng, Bin Zhao, Shuxiao Wang, Jingkun Jiang, Xin Huang, Xiaojing Shen, Junying Sun, Aura Lupascu, Manish Shrivastava, Jerome D. Fast, Wenxuan Cheng, Xiuwen Guo, Ming Chu, Nan Ma, Juan Hong, Qiaoqiao Wang, Xiaohong Yao, Huiwang Gao
Abstract. New particle formation (NPF) and subsequent particle growth are important sources of condensation nuclei (CN) and cloud condensation nuclei (CCN). While many observations have shown positive contributions of NPF to CCN at low supersaturation, negative NPF contributions were often simulated in polluted environments. Using the observations in a coastal city of Qingdao, Beijing, and Gucheng
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Gravity waves generated by the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai volcanic eruption and their global propagation in the mesosphere/lower thermosphere observed by meteor radars and modeled with the High-Altitude General Mechanistic Circulation Model Atmos. Chem. Phys. (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Gunter Stober, Sharon L. Vadas, Erich Becker, Alan Liu, Alexander Kozlovsky, Diego Janches, Zishun Qiao, Witali Krochin, Guochun Shi, Wen Yi, Jie Zeng, Peter Brown, Denis Vida, Neil Hindley, Christoph Jacobi, Damian Murphy, Ricardo Buriti, Vania Andrioli, Paulo Batista, John Marino, Scott Palo, Denise Thorsen, Masaki Tsutsumi, Njål Gulbrandsen, Satonori Nozawa, Mark Lester, Kathrin Baumgarten, Johan
Abstract. The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai volcano erupted on 15th January 2022, launching Lamb waves and gravity waves into the atmosphere. In this study, we present results using 13 globally distributed meteor radars and identify the volcanic-caused gravity waves in the mesospheric/lower thermospheric winds. Leveraging the High-Altitude Mechanistic General Circulation Model (HIAMCM), we compare the
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Molecular simulations reveal that heterogeneous ice nucleation occurs at higher temperatures in water under capillary tension Atmos. Chem. Phys. (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Elise Rosky, Will Cantrell, Tianshu Li, Issei Nakamura, Raymond A. Shaw
Abstract. Heterogeneous ice nucleation is thought to be the primary pathway for the formation of ice in mixed-phase clouds, with the number of active ice-nucleating particles (INPs) increasing rapidly with decreasing temperature. Here, molecular-dynamics simulations of heterogeneous ice nucleation demonstrate that the ice nucleation rate is also sensitive to pressure and that negative pressure within
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Measurement report: Carbonyl sulfide production during dimethyl sulfide oxidation in the atmospheric simulation chamber SAPHIR Atmos. Chem. Phys. (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Marc von Hobe, Domenico Taraborrelli, Sascha Alber, Birger Bohn, Hans-Peter Dorn, Hendrik Fuchs, Yun Li, Chenxi Qiu, Franz Rohrer, Roberto Sommariva, Fred Stroh, Zhaofeng Tan, Sergej Wedel, Anna Novelli
Abstract. Carbonyl sulfide (OCS), the most abundant sulfur gas in the Earth's atmosphere, is a greenhouse gas, a precursor to stratospheric sulfate aerosol, and a proxy for terrestrial CO2 uptake. Estimates of important OCS sources and sinks still have significant uncertainties and the global budget is not considered closed. One particularly uncertain source term, the OCS production during the atmospheric
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Life cycle of a flower cloud system during the EUREC4A field campaign Atmos. Chem. Phys. (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Zhiqiang Cui, Alan Blyth, Ralph Burton, Sandrine Bony, Steven Böing, Alan Gadian, Leif Denby
Abstract. The organisation of trade-wind cumulus clouds in the vicinity of Barbados can affect the amount and lifetime of the clouds thereby potentially playing an important role in the top of the atmosphere radiation budget. This paper presents a case study of a flower cloud system that occurred on 2 February 2020 near Barbados during the EUREC4A field campaign. The evolution of a cluster of clouds
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Numerical simulation of electric field distribution inside streamer zones of positive and negative lightning leaders Atmos. Res. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 A.A. Syssoev, D.I. Iudin
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Human heat health index (H3I) for holistic assessment of heat hazard and mitigation strategies beyond urban heat islands Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Harsh G. Kamath, Alberto Martilli, Manmeet Singh, Trevor Brooks, Kevin Lanza, R. Patrick Bixler, Marc Coudert, Zong-Liang Yang, Dev Niyogi
Certain urban neighborhoods are more susceptible to heat than others, primarily because of the unequal distribution of imperviousness, building and vegetation morphology, social vulnerability, and anthropogenic heat release. Here, we demonstrate that using the surface urban heat island intensity obtained through remote sensing approaches to evaluate urban heat vulnerability (UHV) can be misleading
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Derivation of nonstationary rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves considering the impacts of climate change and urbanization Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Lei Yan, Dongyang Lu, Lihua Xiong, Hongfeng Wang, Qinghua Luan, Cong Jiang, Bin Xiong, Wentao Xu, Pengtao Yan, Qingwen Lei, Chong-Yu Xu
Urban infrastructure traditionally relies on stationary rainfall intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves. However, this assumption is challenged by climate change and urbanization. Many studies tried to update IDF using time covariate which lacks physical significance. More importantly, the stationary (ST) design method is not applicable for nonstationary (NS) design where the distributions of extreme
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At the intersection of climate justice and reproductive justice WIREs Clim. Chang. (IF 9.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Jade S. Sasser
Climate justice and reproductive justice are distinct scholarly and activist frameworks that have received significant attention in recent years—particularly with respect to how they might be linked together. In this overview, I survey the main lenses through which various actors have linked climate justice and reproductive justice in the United States. First, I review the literatures: on climate justice
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Investigating the reduction of rainfall intensity beneath an urban deciduous tree canopy Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Mark Bryan Alivio, Mojca Šraj, Nejc Bezak
Trees have an indispensable role to play in the hydrological cycle. The process of interception by tree canopies alters the magnitude, pathway, and intensity of rainfall reaching the ground. This study investigates the rainfall intensity-attenuating effects of canopy interception by open-grown birch trees (Betula pendula Roth.) in an urban environment and the influence of atmospheric variables. Rainfall
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Spatial-temporal distribution and hazard assessment of maize lodging in a synergistic disaster environment Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Xiao Wei, Jiquan Zhang, Dongni Wang, Chunli Zhao, Yunmeng Zhao, Ying Guo, Suri Guga
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Effects of different irrigation methods on regional climate in North China Plain: A modeling study Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Tiangang Yuan, Amos P.K. Tai, Jia Mao, Oscar H.F. Tam, Ronald K.K. Li, Jin Wu, Sien Li
Agricultural irrigation is important in boosting crop yields in especially water-stressed regions, but little is known about the distinct climatic effects induced by different irrigation methods, particularly in the North China Plain (NCP) where irrigation is applied extensively. Here we examine the climatic effects of flood (FI), sprinkler (SI) and drip irrigation (DI) over NCP during the growing
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Future dust concentration over the Middle East and North Africa region under global warming and stratospheric aerosol intervention scenarios Atmos. Chem. Phys. (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Seyed Vahid Mousavi, Khalil Karami, Simone Tilmes, Helene Muri, Lili Xia, Abolfazl Rezaei
Abstract. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is the dustiest region in the world, and understanding the projected changes in the dust concentrations in the region is crucial. Stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) geoengineering aims to reduce global warming by increasing the reflection of a small amount of the incoming solar radiation to space, hence reducing the global surface temperatures
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On the pattern of interannual polar vortex–ozone co-variability during northern hemispheric winter Atmos. Chem. Phys. (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Frederik Harzer, Hella Garny, Felix Ploeger, Harald Bönisch, Peter Hoor, Thomas Birner
Abstract. Stratospheric ozone is important for both stratospheric and surface climate. In the lower stratosphere during winter, its variability is governed primarily by transport dynamics induced by wave–mean flow interactions. In this work, we analyze interannual co-variations between the distribution of zonal-mean ozone and the strength of the polar vortex as a measure of dynamical activity during
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Enrichment of calcium in sea spray aerosol: insights from bulk measurements and individual particle analysis during the R/V Xuelong cruise in the summertime in Ross Sea, Antarctica Atmos. Chem. Phys. (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Bojiang Su, Xinhui Bi, Zhou Zhang, Yue Liang, Congbo Song, Tao Wang, Yaohao Hu, Lei Li, Zhen Zhou, Jinpei Yan, Xinming Wang, Guohua Zhang
Abstract. Although calcium is known to be enriched in sea spray aerosols (SSAs), the factors that affect its enrichment remain ambiguous. In this study, we examine how environmental factors affect the distribution of water-soluble calcium (Ca2+) distribution in SSAs. We obtained our dataset from observations taken during the R/V Xuelong research cruise in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, from December 2017
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An emerging aerosol climatology via remote sensing over Metro Manila, the Philippines Atmos. Chem. Phys. (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Genevieve Rose Lorenzo, Avelino F. Arellano, Maria Obiminda Cambaliza, Christopher Castro, Melliza Templonuevo Cruz, Larry Di Girolamo, Glenn Franco Gacal, Miguel Ricardo A. Hilario, Nofel Lagrosas, Hans Jarett Ong, James Bernard Simpas, Sherdon Niño Uy, Armin Sorooshian
Abstract. Aerosol particles in Southeast Asia are challenging to characterize due to their complex life cycle within the diverse topography and weather of the region. An emerging aerosol climatology was established based on AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET) data (December 2009 to October 2018) for clear-sky days in Metro Manila, the Philippines. Aerosol optical depth (AOD) values were highest from
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Reaction dynamics of P(4S) + O2(X3Σ−g) → O(3P) + PO(X2Π) on a global CHIPR potential energy surface of PO2(X2A1): implications for atmospheric modelling Atmos. Chem. Phys. (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Guangan Chen, Zhi Qin, Ximing Li, Linhua Liu
Abstract. The reaction dynamics of P(4S) + O2(X3Σg-) → O(3P) + PO(X2Π) are thought to be important in atmospheric and interstellar chemistry. Based on the state-of-the-art ab initio energy points, we analytically constructed a global potential energy surface (PES) for the ground-state PO2(X2A1) using the combined-hyperbolic-inverse-power-representation (CHIPR) method. A total of 6471 energy points
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A Survey of Radiative and Physical Properties of North Atlantic Mesoscale Cloud Morphologies from Multiple Identification Methodologies Atmos. Chem. Phys. (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Ryan Eastman, Isabel Louise McCoy, Hauke Schulz, Robert Wood
Abstract. Three supervised neural network cloud classification routines are applied to daytime MODIS Aqua imagery and compared for the year 2018 over the North Atlantic Ocean: The Morphology Identification Data Aggregated over the Satellite-era (MIDAS), which specializes in subtropical stratocumulus (Sc) clouds; Sugar, Gravel, Flowers, and Fish (SGFF), which is focused on shallow cloud systems in the
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An aldehyde as a rapid source of secondary aerosol precursors: theoretical and experimental study of hexanal autoxidation Atmos. Chem. Phys. (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Shawon Barua, Siddharth Iyer, Avinash Kumar, Prasenjit Seal, Matti Rissanen
Abstract. Aldehydes are common constituents of natural and polluted atmospheres, and their gas-phase oxidation has recently been reported to yield highly oxygenated organic molecules (HOMs) that are key players in the formation of atmospheric aerosol. However, insights into the molecular-level mechanism of this oxidation reaction have been scarce. While OH initiated oxidation of small aldehydes, with
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A regional modelling study of halogen chemistry within a volcanic plume of Mt Etna's Christmas 2018 eruption Atmos. Chem. Phys. (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Herizo Narivelo, Paul David Hamer, Virginie Marécal, Luke Surl, Tjarda Roberts, Sophie Pelletier, Béatrice Josse, Jonathan Guth, Mickaël Bacles, Simon Warnach, Thomas Wagner, Stefano Corradini, Giuseppe Salerno, Lorenzo Guerrieri
Abstract. Volcanoes are known to be important emitters of atmospheric gases and aerosols, which for certain volcanoes can include halogen gases and in particular HBr. HBr emitted in this way can undergo rapid atmospheric oxidation chemistry (known as the bromine explosion) within the volcanic emission plume, leading to the production of bromine oxide (BrO) and ozone depletion. In this work, we present
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Measurement report: Violent biomass burning and volcanic eruptions: a new period of elevated stratospheric aerosol over Central Europe (2017 to 2023) in a long series of observations Atmos. Chem. Phys. (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Thomas Trickl, Hannes Vogelmann, Michael Fromm, Horst Jäger, Matthias Perfahl
Abstract. The highlight of the meanwhile 50 years of lidar-based aerosol profiling at Garmisch-Partenkirchen has been the measurements of stratospheric aerosol since 1976. After a technical breakdown in 2016, they have been continued with a new, much more powerful system in a vertical range up to almost 50 km a.s.l. that allowed to observe very weak volcanic aerosol up to almost 40 km. The observations
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Corrigendum to “Subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction of arctic sea ice using a fully coupled dynamical ensemble forecast system” [Atmospheric Research volume 295 (2023) 107014] Atmos. Res. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Anling Liu, Jing Yang, Qing Bao, Bian He, Xiaofei Wu, Jiping Liu, Seong-Joong Kim, Yalan Fan
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Corrigendum to “Impact of spring Tibetan Plateau snow cover on extreme precipitation in Pakistan in July and August 2022” [Atmospheric Research 295 (2023) 107007] Atmos. Res. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Qianrong Ma, Hongjia Lei, Taichen Feng, Rui Hu, Miaomiao Niu, Zhiyuan Hu, Guolin Feng
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Quantification of the role of urbanization in changing the rainfall associated with tropical cyclones affecting Charlotte, North Carolina Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Sadya Islam, Gabriele Villarini, Wei Zhang
The intensity and severity of tropical cyclones (TCs) continue to rise in the United States, with urban areas enduring the most damage, especially those close to the coast. However, much less is known about the impact of urban areas on changing the rainfall associated with these storms. To address this research gap, we focus on Charlotte, North Carolina, and explore the impact of urban areas on TC
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Inner Mongolia grasslands act as a weak regional carbon sink: A new estimation based on upscaling eddy covariance observations Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-23 Cuihai You, Yanbing Wang, Xingru Tan, Erqian Cui, Bingwei Zhang, Chenyu Bian, Boyu Chen, Mengzhen Xu, Xingguo Han, Jianyang Xia, Shiping Chen
Clarifying temporal and spatial variations of carbon exchanges of arid and semi-arid grasslands, the most widespread terrestrial ecosystem in the Northern China, is critical to evaluate regional and national carbon balance. However, estimating the carbon sequestration capability of arid and semi-arid grasslands still remains a challenge due to large interannual variability and high sensitivity to human
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Microclimate variation and recovery time in managed and old-growth temperate forests Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 František Máliš, Karol Ujházy, Lucia Hederová, Mariana Ujházyová, Linda Csölleová, David A. Coomes, Florian Zellweger
Microclimate is a key driver of forest dynamics and shapes the response of forest organisms to global warming. The spatial and temporal variability of microclimate is strongly affected by forest management, so it is important to know how microclimate varies along successional gradients of managed forests, and how microclimatic dynamics in managed forests differ from those in old-growth forests. We
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Urbanization alters atmospheric dryness through land evapotranspiration npj Clim. Atmos. Sci. (IF 9.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-23 Lu Hao, Ge Sun, Xiaolin Huang, Run Tang, Kailun Jin, Yihan Lai, Dongxu Chen, Yaoqi Zhang, Decheng Zhou, Zong-Liang Yang, Lang Wang, Gang Dong, Wenhong Li
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Physicochemical characterization and source apportionment of Arctic ice-nucleating particles observed in Ny-Ålesund in autumn 2019 Atmos. Chem. Phys. (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Guangyu Li, Elise K. Wilbourn, Zezhen Cheng, Jörg Wieder, Allison Fagerson, Jan Henneberger, Ghislain Motos, Rita Traversi, Sarah D. Brooks, Mauro Mazzola, Swarup China, Athanasios Nenes, Ulrike Lohmann, Naruki Hiranuma, Zamin A. Kanji
Abstract. Ice-nucleating particles (INPs) initiate primary ice formation in Arctic mixed-phase clouds (MPCs), altering cloud radiative properties and modulating precipitation. For atmospheric INPs, the complexity of their spatiotemporal variations, heterogeneous sources, and evolution via intricate atmospheric interactions challenge the understanding of their impact on microphysical processes in Arctic
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Impact of assimilating NOAA VIIRS aerosol optical depth (AOD) observations on global AOD analysis from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) Atmos. Chem. Phys. (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Sebastien Garrigues, Melanie Ades, Samuel Remy, Johannes Flemming, Zak Kipling, Istvan Laszlo, Mark Parrington, Antje Inness, Roberto Ribas, Luke Jones, Richard Engelen, Vincent-Henri Peuch
Abstract. Global monitoring of aerosols is required to analyse the impacts of aerosols on air quality and to understand their role in modulating the climate variability. The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) provides near-real-time forecasts and reanalyses of aerosols using the ECMWF Integrated Forecasting System (IFS), constrained by the assimilation of MODIS and Polar Multi-Sensor Aerosol
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An overview of organic aerosols at an urban site in Hong Kong: insights from in-situ measurement of molecular markers Atmos. Chem. Phys. (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Hongyong Li, Xiaopu Lyu, Likun Xue, Yunxi Huo, Dawen Yao, Haoxian Lu, Hai Guo
Abstract. Organic aerosol (OA) is a significant constituent of urban particulate matter (PM), and molecular markers therein provide information on sources and formation mechanisms of OA. With in-situ measurement of over 70 OA molecular markers at a bihourly resolution, this study focused on the temporal variations of representative markers and dynamic source contributions to OA at an urban site in
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New particle formation induced by anthropogenic-biogenic interactions in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau Atmos. Chem. Phys. (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Shiyi Lai, Ximeng Qi, Xin Huang, Sijia Lou, Xuguang Chi, Liangduo Chen, Chong Liu, Yuliang Liu, Chao Yan, Mengmeng Li, Tengyu Liu, Wei Nie, Veli-Matti Kerminen, Tuukka Petäjä, Markku Kulmala, Aijun Ding
Abstract. New particle formation (NPF) plays a crucial role in the atmospheric aerosol population and has significant implications on climate dynamics, particularly in climate-sensitive zone such as the Tibetan Plateau (TP). However, our understanding of NPF in the TP is still limited due to a lack of comprehensive measurements and verified model simulations. To fill this knowledge gap, we conducted
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Air pollution reductions caused by the COVID-19 lockdown open up a way to preserve the Himalayan glaciers Atmos. Chem. Phys. (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Suvarna Fadnavis, Bernd Heinold, T. P. Sabin, Anne Kubin, Katty Huang, Alexandru Rap, Rolf Müller
Abstract. The rapid melting of glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH) during recent decades poses an alarming threat to water security for larger parts of Asia. If this melting persists, the entirety of the Himalayan glaciers are estimated to disappear by end of the 21st century. Here, we assess the influence of the spring 2020 COVID-19 lockdown on the HKH, demonstrating the potential benefits
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The uncertainties in the laboratory-measured short-wave refractive indices of mineral dust aerosols and the derived optical properties: A theoretical assessment Atmos. Chem. Phys. (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Senyi Kong, Zheng Wang, Lei Bi
Abstract. Mineral dust particles are typically nonspherical and inhomogeneous; however, they are often simplified as homogeneous spherical particles for retrieving the refractive indices from laboratory measurements of scattering and absorption coefficients. This study theoretically investigated uncertainties in refractive indices and corresponding optical properties resulting from this simplification
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Automated detection and monitoring of methane super-emitters using satellite data Atmos. Chem. Phys. (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-19 Berend J. Schuit, Joannes D. Maasakkers, Pieter Bijl, Gourav Mahapatra, Anne-Wil van den Berg, Sudhanshu Pandey, Alba Lorente, Tobias Borsdorff, Sander Houweling, Daniel J. Varon, Jason McKeever, Dylan Jervis, Marianne Girard, Itziar Irakulis-Loitxate, Javier Gorroño, Luis Guanter, Daniel H. Cusworth, Ilse Aben
Abstract. A reduction in anthropogenic methane emissions is vital to limit near-term global warming. A small number of so-called super-emitters is responsible for a disproportionally large fraction of total methane emissions. Since late 2017, the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) has been in orbit, providing daily global coverage of methane mixing ratios at a resolution of up to 7×5.5 km2
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Weekly-derived top-down VOC fluxes over Europe from TROPOMI HCHO data in 2018–2021 Atmos. Chem. Phys. (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-19 Glenn-Michael Oomen, Jean-François Müller, Trissevgeni Stavrakou, Isabelle De Smedt, Thomas Blumenstock, Rigel Kivi, Maria Makarova, Mathias Palm, Amelie Röhling, Yao Té, Corinne Vigouroux, Martina M. Friedrich, Udo Frieß, François Hendrick, Alexis Merlaud, Ankie Piters, Andreas Richter, Michel Van Roozendael, Thomas Wagner
Abstract. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are key precursors of particulate matter and tropospheric ozone. Although the terrestrial biosphere is by far the largest source of VOCs into the atmosphere, the emissions of biogenic VOCs remain poorly constrained at regional scale. In this work, we derive top-down biogenic emissions over Europe using weekly-averaged TROPOMI formaldehyde (HCHO) data from
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Seasonal variation of microphysical characteristics for different rainfall types in the Tianshan Mountains of China Atmos. Res. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Yong Zeng, Lianmei Yang, Jiangang Li, Yufei Jiang, Zepeng Tong, Xiaomeng Li, Haoyang Li, Jing Liu, Xinyu Lu, Yushu Zhou
Three-year (2020−2022) raindrop size distribution (DSD) measurements from a second-generation PARSIVEL disdrometer deployed at Zhaosu, which is located in the Tianshan Mountains of China, are analyzed to investigate the seasonal variability of microphysical characteristics of two types of rainfall. Rainfall at Zhaosu is classified as stratiform rainfall and convective rainfall in the normalized intercept
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How weather impacts the citizens' activity patterns in southern China? Enlightenment from large-scale mobile phone signaling data of Guangzhou Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Yukai Zou, Weien Xie, Siwei Lou, Lei Zhang, Yu Huang, Dawei Xia, Xiaolin Yang, Chao Feng, Yilin Li
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Impacts of urban expansion on meteorology and air quality in North China Plain during wintertime: A case study Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Qian Jiang, Naifang Bei, Jiarui Wu, Xia Li, Ruonan Wang, Jiaoyang Yu, Yuxuan Lu, Xuexi Tie, Guohui Li
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A marked interannual variability of haze linked to particulate sources and meteorological conditions in Tehran (Iran), 1990–2020 Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Zahra Pashaie, Behrooz Sari Sarraf, Cesar Azorin-Molina, Gholam Hassan Mohammadi, Jose A. Guijarro
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Road transportation emissions and energy consumption in cold climate cities Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Hamidreza Abediasl, Navid Balazadeh Meresht, Hossein Alizadeh, Mahdi Shahbakhti, Charles Robert Koch, Vahid Hosseini
Many cities worldwide face cold climates and sub-zero temperatures for significant parts of the year. Due to environmental concerns, vehicle technologies are shifting from internal combustion engines to alternative fuels, hybrid powertrains, and battery electric vehicles. However, the impact of cold ambient temperature on emissions and energy consumption of various technologies is not fully understood
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A supply-demand model of vegetation cooling for urban heatwave mitigation Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Wenning Li, Ranhao Sun
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Changing maize hybrids helps adapt to climate change in Northeast China: revealed by field experiment and crop modelling Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Jin Zhao, Zhijuan Liu, Shuo Lv, Xiaomao Lin, Tao Li, Xiaoguang Yang
Adopting new cultivars is an effective strategy to partially offset the negative effects of climate change on crop yields. We integrated the regional agro-meteorological observations, site-level field experiment data, and a process-based crop model to assess the effects of maize hybrid management on grain yield at meteorological sites across Northeast China. On a regional scale, for per 1 ℃ increase
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Effects of interaction between forest structure and precipitation event characteristics on fuel moisture conditions Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Gergő Diószegi, Markus Immitzer, Mortimer M. Müller, Harald Vacik
Estimating forest fire danger is of primary concern for the Austrian forest fire management. The fine fuel moisture code (FFMC) of the Canadian Fire Weather Index (CFWI) is used for determining ignition danger. The FFMC is calculated by using the Integrated Nowcasting through Comprehensive Analysis (INCA) system, which provides interpolated weather parameters, available at 1 km2 spatial resolution
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A review of ENSO teleconnections at present and under future global warming WIREs Clim. Chang. (IF 9.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Omid Alizadeh
The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a major component of the Earth's climate that largely influences global climate variability through long-distance teleconnections. Rossby wave trains emerging from the tropical convection and their propagation into extratropical regions are the key mechanism for tropical and extratropical teleconnections. Despite significant progress in the understanding of
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Microphysics affect the sensitivities of rainfall to different horizontal-resolution simulations: Evidence from a case study of the Weather Research and Forecasting model runs Atmos. Res. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-19 Huiyan Xu, Xiaofan Li, Jinfang Yin, Lingli Zhou, Yu Song, Tangao Hu
The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model was used to examine the sensitivities of Typhoon Fitow (2013) to the variations in horizontal mesh spacing ranging from 9 km to 1 km and to different microphysics schemes. The minimum sea level pressure decreased by 5 hPa and the maximum wind speeds increased by 20 m s−1 near the typhoon center as the horizontal grid spacing decreased from 9 km, 3 km
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Identification of synergistic control for ozone and PM2.5 pollution during a large-scale emission reduction in China Atmos. Res. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Kaihui Zhao, Zibing Yuan, Yonghua Wu, Jianping Huang, Fangyuan Yang, Xiufang Zhang, Dongzhi Huang, Rongsheng Jiang
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Impact of AWiFS derived land use/land cover over the intensely urbanised domain of National Capital Region (NCR) - Delhi in simulating monsoon weather Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Jerin Benny Chalakkal, Manju Mohan
Land-Use/Land-Cover (LULC) plays a crucial role in meteorological models because they determine the crustal properties that interfere with the exchange of energy, momentum, and moisture between the land surface and the atmosphere. The current study integrates a legitimate ground-truth LULC based on the Advanced Wide Field Sensor (AWiFS) in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model framework
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Hydroclimatic trend analysis and projection in Africa tropical urban regions: Cases of Lusaka, Zambia and Kigali, Rwanda Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Parfait Iradukunda, Erastus M. Mwanaumo, Joel Kabika
The global climate has significantly changed primarily due to human-induced activities. The incidences of droughts and extreme floods followed by destruction have been appearing across the globe along with extensive effects on economic and public health sectors, including the human lives losses whereby, Africa is among the greatly affected regions. Several studies aver that weather-related extremes
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A new microclimate zoning method based on multivariate statistics: The case of Reunion Island Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Anne Sophie Davidson, Bruno Malet-Damour, Jean Philippe Praene
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Estimation of ground thermal diffusivity using the conjugate gradient method with adjoint problem formulation Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Zhanat Karashbayeva, Julien Berger, Helcio R.B. Orlande, Bolatbek Rysbaiuly
In the context of better evaluating the energy balance between the ground surface and the urban thermal environment, the ground diffusivity is a crucial parameter. The aim of this paper is to indirectly measure this property of an heterogeneous ground by solving an inverse problem. The conjugate gradient method with adjoint problem formulation was applied to solve the inverse problem with temperature
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Air quality monitoring on university campuses as a crucial component to move toward sustainable campuses: An overview Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Omar Ramírez, Brayan Hernández-Cuellar, Jesús D. de la Rosa
The infrastructure and activities of university campuses (UCs) can generate adverse environmental impacts. Consequently, UCs have been forced to include a sustainability perspective in planning and implementing institutional policies, including air quality monitoring. This paper presents a review of air quality studies regarding chemical pollutants (gases and particles) carried out in UCs during the
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Carbon removal demonstrations and problems of public perception WIREs Clim. Chang. (IF 9.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Laurie Waller, Emily Cox, Rob Bellamy
Expectations about the future removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere have mobilized projects which seek to demonstrate carbon removal methods, at various stages of development. Public perceptions play a critical role in demonstrations and funders widely require demonstration projects to identify and consult affected groups and communities. This review examines the extant research on perceptions