Increase of the aerosol hygroscopicity by cloud processing in a mesoscale convective sytem: a case study from the AMMA campaign

S. Crumeyrolle 1 L. Gomes 1 Pierre Tulet 2 A. Matsuki 3 Alfons Schwarzenboeck 3 K. Crahan 1 1
1 CNRM-GAME - Groupe d'étude de l'atmosphère météorologique
2 Équipe Troposphère
CNRM-GAME - Groupe d'étude de l'atmosphère météorologique
3 LaMP - Laboratoire de météorologie physique
Abstract : Aerosol properties were measured during an airborne campaign experiment that took place in July 2006 in West Africa within the framework of the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (AMMA). The goal of the present study was to determine the main microphysical processes that affect the aerosols during the passage of a mesoscale convective system (MCS) over the region of Niamey in Niger. A significant change in the aerosol profiles measured before and after the passage of the MCS was found in a layer located between 1300 and 3000 m, where the aerosol concentration drastically decreased after the passage of the MCS. Concurrently, a significant increase in the cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) fraction was also observed during the post-MCS period in the same layer. Moreover, the results of the elemental composition analyses of individual particles collected in this layer after the MCS passage have shown higher contributions of sulfate, nitrate and chloride to the total aerosol mass. A esoscale atmospheric model with on-line dust parameterization and Lagrangian backtrajectories was used to interpret the impact of the MCS on the aerosol properties. The results of the simulation show that the MCS 1) generates dust particles at the surface in the gust front of the system and washout of particles during the system precipitation, 2) modifies the aerosol mixing state (intensive aerosol property) through cloud processing, and 3) enhances CCN activity of particles through coating by soluble material.
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S. Crumeyrolle, L. Gomes, Pierre Tulet, A. Matsuki, Alfons Schwarzenboeck, et al.. Increase of the aerosol hygroscopicity by cloud processing in a mesoscale convective sytem: a case study from the AMMA campaign. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, European Geosciences Union, 2008, 8, pp.PP. 6907-6924. ⟨meteo-00346962⟩

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