Assessing the impact of solar climate intervention on future U.S. weather using a convection-permitting WRF model

Sun, Lantao; Hurrell, James W.; Rasmussen, Kristen L.; Summers, Bali; Sherman, Erin A.; Kravitz, Ben

doi:10.5194/gmd-19-2239-2026

Articles | Volume 19, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-2239-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-2239-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 5

Model experiment description paper

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18 Mar 2026

Model experiment description paper |

| 18 Mar 2026

Assessing the impact of solar climate intervention on future U.S. weather using a convection-permitting WRF model

Lantao Sun, James W. Hurrell, Kristen L. Rasmussen, Bali Summers, Erin A. Sherman, and Ben Kravitz

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-2239-2026-supplement

Data sets

Global Climate Model Model codes for “Assessing the impact of solar climate intervention on future U.S. weather using a convection-permitting model” Lantao Sun https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16374758

WRF data for "Assessing the Impact of Solar Climate Intervention on Future U.S. Weather Using a Convection-Permitting WRF Model" Lantao Sun https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16376739

Data for: Assessing the Impact of Solar Climate Intervention on Future U.S. Weather Using a Convection-Permitting WRF Model Lantao Sun https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16062478

Model code and software

Model codes for "Assessing the Impact of Solar Climate Intervention on Future U.S. Weather Using a Convection-Permitting WRF Model" Lantao Sun https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16374211

Short summary

We develop a novel framework using the convection-permitting Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to assess how stratospheric aerosol injection, a solar climate intervention strategy, affects future convective weather over the contiguous U.S. Results demonstrate the feasibility and scientific potential of this approach for evaluating weather-scale impacts and suggest that such intervention may mitigate changes in temperature, precipitation, and convective activity due to warming.