Variation of sulfate aerosol concentrations over the western Pacific and their effect on clouds, radiation and precipitation

作     者：F.Parungo J.Rosinski M.L.C.Wu C.T.Nagamoto 

作者机构：Air Resources Laboratory NOAA/ERL Boulder CO U.S.ANational Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder CO U.S.AGoddard Space Flight Center NASA Greenbelt MD U.S.AAir Resources Laboratory NOAA/ERL Boulder CO U.S.A 

出 版 物：《Acta Oceanologica Sinica》 (海洋学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：1993年第12卷第4期

页      面：521-534页

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学科分类：07[理学] 0707[理学-海洋科学] 

主　　题：data Variation of sulfate aerosol concentrations over the western Pacific and their effect on clouds radiation and precipitation over 

摘      要：Under bilateral cooperation between the United States of America and the People s Republic of China, a series of research cruises were conducted over the western Pacific Ocean. It was found that a) the non-sea-salt sulfate aerosol particles are the major source of cloud condensation nuclei, b) the population of clouds and the total albedo are proportional to the concentration of condensation nuclei and consequently to the concentration of the non-sea-salt aerosol particles, and c) the amount of rainfall is inversely proportional to the concentration of non-sea-salt sulfate aerosol particles. It seems that anthropogenic sulfate aerosol particles affect the regional planetary albedo and climate and that the contribution from biogenically derived sulfate aerosol particles is of lesser importance.