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Science 10 March 2000:
Vol. 287. no. 5459, pp. 1793 - 1796
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5459.1793
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Suppression of Rain and Snow by Urban and Industrial Air Pollution

Daniel Rosenfeld

Direct evidence demonstrates that urban and industrial air pollution can completely shut off precipitation from clouds that have temperatures at their tops of about -10°C over large areas. Satellite data reveal plumes of reduced cloud particle size and suppressed precipitation originating from major urban areas and from industrial facilities such as power plants. Measurements obtained by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite reveal that both cloud droplet coalescence and ice precipitation formation are inhibited in polluted clouds.

Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel. E-mail: daniel{at}vms.huji.ac.il

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