Research Article

Sensitivity Studies on the Impact of Dust and Aerosol Pollution Acting as Cloud Nucleating Aerosol on Orographic Precipitation in the Colorado River Basin

Table 3

Results of dust sensitivities in the three case studies.

Case studyPrecipitation difference (%)
D3-D1D10-D1

1
 Grid 30.822.255
 CRB0.491.290
2
 Grid 3−4.57−5.77
 CRB−4.63−5.62
3
 Grid 32.718−16.907
 CRB1.642−15.560