Observation and Study of Macro and Micro Response in Cold Cloud Catalysis

  • SUN Yuwen ,
  • YIN Yan ,
  • SUN Xia ,
  • LIU Wei ,
  • HAN Yang ,
  • YAN Xusheng
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  • Hebei Weather Modification Office, Hebei Key Laboratory of Meteorology and Ecology Environment, Shijiazhuang 050021, China;China Meteorology Administration Key Lab for Atmospheric Physics Environment, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China;Atmospheric Sciences Program, Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno 89557, USA;Shijiazhuang Meteorology Bureau, Shijiazhuang 050081, China;Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Reno 89512, USA

Received date: 2015-08-17

  Online published: 2017-10-28

Abstract

A synoptic reflux process of westerly trough occurred over the central and southern part of Hebei Province on 15 April 2014.The airplane detection on cloud physics combined with the artificial seeding operation was conducted by the Hebei Province Weather Modification Office, besides, a special flight route was designed to investigate the variation of the micro and macro physical parameters before and after the operation in this paper.This precipitation cloud system characteristics were analyzed based on the airborne Particle Measurement System (PMS) observation dataset, the radar and the satellite data.It is found that precipitation in the upper layer of "pre-trough cloud" was weaker than that in the lower reflux cloud, with no high cloud present.The descending precipitation particles growed in the "reflux cloud" during the operation observation, with large amounts of precipitation particles smaller than 3 mm in diameter existing in this layer.Small cloud particle number concentration normally was higher than 20 cm-3, with a maximum of 300 cm-3 in the operation layer.Large cloud particles number concentration lied below 0.02 cm-3.The macro and micro physical responses of cloud after the operation are as follows:The FY-2 satellite cloud image brightness temperature reduced from -25℃ to about -30℃, and the middle clouds developed with increased cloud top; Radar echo intensity increased after the seeding operation with a maximum intensity of 45 dBZ.The radar echo area larger than 35 dBZ in cloud was also increased; According to the radar sectional profile, the strong radar echo area dropped to 500~1000 m; Small cloud particles and large cloud particles number concentration were both increased, with precipitation number concentration increased first and then reduced, and the process lasted about 25 minutes based on the PMS observation dataset; The precipitation particle size distribution presented a bimodal distribution, with the second peak located at 10.5 μm.The number concentration of particles with diameters between 10.5~150 μm decreased exponentially.However, there was no significant change on the number concentration of particles with diameters between 150 to 1000 μm, although their diameters were found to be increased rapidly.The sharp decrease of the number concentration of particles with diameter larger than 1000 μm was associated with the particle deposition mechanism.The effective diameter of cloud moved to a higher value with a more disperse distribution of the average diameter, the square root diameter and cube root diameter, indicating a discrete particle distribution.The precipitation increased and kept three hours after the operation.

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SUN Yuwen , YIN Yan , SUN Xia , LIU Wei , HAN Yang , YAN Xusheng . Observation and Study of Macro and Micro Response in Cold Cloud Catalysis[J]. Plateau Meteorology, 2017 , 36(5) : 1290 -1303 . DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-0534.2016.00113

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