Substantial Convection and Precipitation Enhancements by Ultrafine Aerosol Particles


Jiwen Fan1, Daniel Rosenfeld2, Yuwei Zhang3, Scott E Giangrande4, Zhanqing Li5, Luiz Machado6, Scot T Martin7, Yan Yang8, Jian Wang9, Paulo Artaxo10, Henrique M Barbosa11, Ramon C. Braga12, Jennifer M Comstock13, Zhe Feng14, Wenhua Gao15, Helber Barros Gomes16, Fan Mei, PhD14, Christopher Pöhlker17, Mira L. Pöhlker17, Ulrich Pöschl17 and Rodrigo Augusto Ferreira de Souza18, (1)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States, (2)Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, (3)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, United States, (4)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Environmental Science and Technologies Department, Upton, United States, (5)Univ of Maryland College Park, AOSC, College Park, United States, (6)INPE National Institute for Space Research, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, (7)Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States, (8)Beijing Municipal Weather Modification Office, Beijing, China, (9)Brookhaven Natl Lab, Upton, United States, (10)RCGI - Polytechnique School, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, (11)Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo., São Paulo, Brazil, (12)INPE National Institute for Space Research, CPTEC, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil, (13)Pacific Northwest Natl Lab, Richland, WA, United States, (14)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (15)CAMS Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather (LaSW), Beijing, China, (16)USP University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, (17)Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Multiphase Chemistry Department, Mainz, Germany, (18)Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil