Assessing the Aerosol Impact on Southern West African Clouds and Atmospheric Dynamics

Download or read book Assessing the Aerosol Impact on Southern West African Clouds and Atmospheric Dynamics written by Deetz, Konrad and published by KIT Scientific Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By using COSMO-ART, highly resolved process study simulations for 2-3 July 2016 are conducted to assess the aerosol effect on the meteorological conditions of southern West Africa. The meteorological phenomenon Evening Monsoon Flow Enhancement (EMFE) is identified as highly susceptible to the aerosol direct effect, leading to a spatial shift of the EMFE front. In a second aerosol feedback chain the aerosol variation leads to a temporal shift of the stratus-to-cumulus transition.