The thermodynamic structure of summer Arctic stratocumulus and the dynamic coupling to the surface

Sotiropoulou, G.; Sedlar, J.; Tjernström, M.; Shupe, M. D.; Brooks, I. M.; Persson, P. O. G.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12573-2014

Articles | Volume 14, issue 22

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12573-2014

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Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS) (ACP/AMT/OS inter-journal...

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12573-2014

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28 Nov 2014

Research article |

| 28 Nov 2014

The thermodynamic structure of summer Arctic stratocumulus and the dynamic coupling to the surface

G. Sotiropoulou, J. Sedlar, M. Tjernström, M. D. Shupe, I. M. Brooks, and P. O. G. Persson

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RC C1393: 'referee report', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Apr 2014
- AC C4464: 'Reply to Referee1', Georgia Sotiropoulou, 03 Jul 2014
RC C2161: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 May 2014
- AC C4465: 'Reply to Referee 2', Georgia Sotiropoulou, 03 Jul 2014
RC C2400: 'reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #3, 16 May 2014
- AC C4466: 'Reply to Referee 3', Georgia Sotiropoulou, 03 Jul 2014

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Georgia Sotiropoulou on behalf of the Authors (11 Jul 2014) Author's response

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (04 Aug 2014) by Erik Swietlicki

AR by Georgia Sotiropoulou on behalf of the Authors (24 Oct 2014) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (27 Oct 2014) by Erik Swietlicki

AR by Georgia Sotiropoulou on behalf of the Authors (28 Oct 2014) Manuscript

Short summary

During ASCOS, clouds are more frequently decoupled from the surface than coupled to it; when coupling occurs it is primary driven by the cloud. Decoupled clouds have a bimodal structure; they are either weakly or strongly decoupled from the surface; the enhancement of the decoupling is possibly due to sublimation of precipitation. Stable clouds (no cloud-driven mixing) are also observed; those are optically thin, often single-phase liquid, with no or negligible precipitation (e.g. fog).