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Response of cloud microphysics to aircraft-based glaciogenic seeding of supercooled clouds in North China
Utilizing airborne measurements to investigate the response of microphysics to glaciogenic cloud seeding is instrumental in understanding and evaluating the seeding effect. In this study, the changes in microphysical characteristics of a supercooled liquid cloud induced by aircraft-based cloud seeding is analyzed. The data was collect in North China on Dec. 12, 2023, by using an S-band ground-based weather radar and airborne in-situ measurements. The results show that after cloud seeding, the cloud droplet number concentration and the supercooled liquid water content decreased by 48.5 % and 28.5 %, respectively, while the ice crystal number concentration increased from 0 to 100.8 L−1 on average, leading to a significant broadening of the ice particle spectrum. The ground-based weather radar observed distinct radar echo bands after the cloud seeding was completed. The enhanced radar reflectivity lasted for approximately 30 min before dissipation. A comparative analysis of five previous aircraft-based glaciogenic cloud seeding experiments in the same region revealed that the cloud seeding effect is sensitive to seeding-level temperature, cloud droplet number concentration, and supercooled liquid water content.
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The journal publishes scientific papers (research papers, review articles, letters and notes) dealing with the part of the atmosphere where meteorological events occur. Attention is given to all processes extending from the earth surface to the tropopause, but special emphasis continues to be devoted to the physics of clouds, mesoscale meteorology and air pollution, i.e. atmospheric aerosols; microphysical processes; cloud dynamics and thermodynamics; numerical simulation, climatology, climate change and weather modification.