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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
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
School of Earth Sciences and ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
S. Borrmann
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
F. Fierli
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, ISAC-CNR, Rome, Italy
R. Weigel
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
V. Mitev
Swiss Centre for Electronics and Microtechnology, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
R. Matthey
Laboratoire Temps-Fréquence, Institute de Physique, Université de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
F. Ravegnani
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, ISAC-CNR, Bologna, Italy
N. M. Sitnikov
Central Aerological Observatory, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, Russia
A. Ulanovsky
Central Aerological Observatory, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, Russia
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, ISAC-CNR, Rome, Italy
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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.
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