Publications

Stathopoulos, S; Kourtidis, K; Georgoulias, AK (2017). Aerosol-Cloud Relations for Cloud Systems of Different Heights. PERSPECTIVES ON ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 769-774.

Abstract
Here we examine the annual and seasonal aerosol-cloud relations over three major urban clusters of China, at different cloud heights, using a decade of Aerosol Optical Depth at 550 nm (AOD), Cloud Cover (CC), Cloud Optical Depth (COD), Water Vapor (WV) and Cloud Top Pressure (CTP) data from the MODIS instrument. Over all regions and for all seasons, CC is found to increase with increasing AOD, WV and cloud height. Aerosols, at low WV environments and under constant CTP, have less impact on CC than at high WV environments. In addition, AOD has a varying influence on COD depending on CTP. Finally, COD is found to increase with height for low and middle height clouds, and with increasing AOD, especially at low AOD, the latter being in line with the expected first indirect effect.

DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-35095-0_110

ISSN:
2194-5217