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Cloud modification by man‐made pollutants: Effects of a coal‐fired power plant on cloud drop spectra
Author(s) -
Pueschel R. F.,
Barrett E. W.,
Wellman D. L.,
McGuire J. A.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl008i003p00221
Subject(s) - pollutant , drop (telecommunication) , environmental science , liquid water content , coal , cloud computing , coal combustion products , coalescence (physics) , combustion , atmospheric sciences , environmental chemistry , chemistry , geology , astrobiology , physics , telecommunications , organic chemistry , computer science , operating system
Pollutants from coal‐fired power plants increase the drop modal radii and broaden the drop spectra of stratocumulus clouds. Additional water from the coal combustion leads to a measurable increase of the liquid water content of polluted clouds. Implied consequences are an increase of the coalescence efficiency, and an increase in acidity, of affected clouds.