Microphysical Responses to Catalysis During a Stratocumulus Aircraft Seeding Experiment over the Sanjiangyuan Region of China
This study explores the microphysical responses to a cloud seeding operation in the Sanjiangyuan re gion.China.The cloud seeding was performed using a zigzag ight pattern, while the detection phase was accomplished using a back-and-forth ight pattern through the top of a stratocumulus laver.Global Position System (GPS) and Particle Measuring System (PMS) data obtained during the operation are used to determine the e ective cloud area before and after the operation, di erentiate the phase states of cloud particles, and analyze changes in the concentrations of liquid cloud particles and ice crystals, the evolution of the cloud particle spectrum, and the content of supercooled water.The median diameter of liquid cloud particles in the area of the cloud-seeding operation was 3.5-18.5 μm, most cloud particles observed in the 21.5-45.5-μm size regime were ice crystals, while all particles of size 50μmin and above were in the ice phase.Chauges in the concentration and typical diameter of cloud particles within 36 km downwind of the cloud seeding operation did not exceed natural uctuations in the cloud area before the operation; however, the concentration of liquid cloud particles decreased substantially in areas with high concentrations of super cooled water (concentrations of supercooled water exceeding 0.01 g m 3).The concentration of ice crystals within the measuring range of the Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe (FSSP) increased substantially,the water content of ice-phase particles increased, and the average supercooled water content in the cloud decreased from (68.3±23.1)% before the operation to (34.2±12.4)%.The e ects of cloud seeding were more pronounced in parts of the cloud where the content of supercooled water was higher.Little to no e ects were observed in parts of the cloud with low concentrations of supercooled water.
Sanjiangyuan region stratocumulus cloud seeding Particle Measuring System (PMS)
王黎俊 银燕 姚展予 孙安平
国内会议
江苏宜兴
英文
849-867
2014-09-10（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）