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News Release 11-243
Air Pollution a Culprit in Worsening Drought and Flooding
Increases in aerosols can affect cloud development
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![Radar image of clouds.](/news/mmg/media/images/air_pollution1_f.jpg)
A radar image of clouds; data from a decade of time played an important role in the results.
Credit: ARM Climate Research Facility
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![Photo showing a storm that is monitored by cloud radars.](/news/mmg/media/images/air_pollution2_f.jpg)
A storm monitored by cloud radars provides key data for this study.
Credit: Z. Li, University of Maryland
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![cloud radars catching a storm.](/news/mmg/media/images/air_pollution3_f.jpg)
A field experiment to study effects of aerosols on climate in China.
Credit: ARM Climate Research Facility
Photo courtesy of Scott Collis, Creative Commons Attribution License
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![a ground radar facility used to track the evolution of storms.](/news/mmg/media/images/air_pollution4_f.jpg)
Key questions connecting aerosols and rainfall frequency and rain rate.
Credit: ARM Climate Research Facility
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![Graphs showing the effects of aerosols on rain frequency and rain rate.](/news/mmg/media/images/air_pollution5_f.jpg)
Key findings include the interconnections between aerosols and air pollution.
Credit: Z. Li, University of Maryland
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![Testing the Theories Governing Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation with Long-term Data.](/news/mmg/media/images/air_pollution6_f.jpg)
Scientific questions in the study, and the researchers' approach, centered on long-term data.
Credit: Z. Li, University of Maryland
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