Tropical deep convective life cycle: Cb-anvil cloud microphysics from high-altitude aircraft observations

Frey, W.; Borrmann, S.; Fierli, F.; Weigel, R.; Mitev, V.; Matthey, R.; Ravegnani, F.; Sitnikov, N. M.; Ulanovsky, A.; Cairo, F.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-13223-2014

Articles | Volume 14, issue 23

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-13223-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-13223-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 23

Research article

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11 Dec 2014

Research article |

| 11 Dec 2014

Tropical deep convective life cycle: Cb-anvil cloud microphysics from high-altitude aircraft observations

W. Frey, S. Borrmann, F. Fierli, R. Weigel, V. Mitev, R. Matthey, F. Ravegnani, N. M. Sitnikov, A. Ulanovsky, and F. Cairo

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RC C3247: 'Reviewer 2?', Darrel Baumgardner, 05 Jun 2014
- AC C6879: 'Reply to referee Darrel Baumgardner', Wiebke Frey, 11 Sep 2014
RC C3410: 'Review of manuscript acp-2014-332: Frey et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Jun 2014
- AC C6880: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #2', Wiebke Frey, 11 Sep 2014
RC C3531: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #3, 12 Jun 2014
- AC C6881: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #3', Wiebke Frey, 11 Sep 2014

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

AR by Wiebke Frey on behalf of the Authors (11 Sep 2014) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (17 Sep 2014) by Timothy Garrett

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (01 Oct 2014)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (21 Oct 2014)

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (24 Oct 2014) by Timothy Garrett

AR by Wiebke Frey on behalf of the Authors (03 Nov 2014) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (05 Nov 2014) by Timothy Garrett

AR by Wiebke Frey on behalf of the Authors (06 Nov 2014) Manuscript

Short summary

This study presents in situ cloud microphysical observations obtained during a double flight in a Hector thunderstorm during the SCOUT-O3 campaign from Darwin, Northern Australia, in 2005. The measurements show a change of the micophysics with the storm's evolution. The clouds in the dissipating stage possess a high potential for affecting the humidity in the tropical tropopause layer.