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Radiative effects on torrential rainfall during the landfall of Typhoon Fitow (2013)

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Cloud microphysical and rainfall responses to radiative processes are examined through analysis of cloud-resolving model sensitivity experiments of Typhoon Fitow (2013) during landfall. The budget analysis shows that the increase in the mean rainfall caused by the exclusion of radiative effects of water clouds corresponds to the decrease in accretion of raindrops by cloud ice in the presence of radiative effects of ice clouds, but the rainfall is insensitive to radiative effects of water clouds in the absence of radiative effects of ice clouds. The increases in the mean rainfall resulting from the removal of radiative effects of ice clouds correspond to the enhanced net condensation. The increases (decreases) in maximum rainfall caused by the exclusion of radiative effects of water clouds in the presence (absence) of radiative effects of ice clouds, or the removal of radiative effects of ice clouds in the presence (absence) of radiative effects of water clouds, correspond mainly to the enhancements (reductions) in net condensation.

The mean rain rate is a product of rain intensity and fractional rainfall coverage. The radiation-induced difference in the mean rain rate is related to the difference in rain intensity. The radiation-induced difference in the maximum rain rate is associated with the difference in the fractional coverage of maximum rainfall.

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Lou, L., Li, X. Radiative effects on torrential rainfall during the landfall of Typhoon Fitow (2013). Adv. Atmos. Sci. 33, 101–109 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-015-5139-y

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