Articles | Volume 19, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-2239-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-2239-2026
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

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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.
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