Ice phase in altocumulus clouds over Leipzig: remote sensing observations and detailed modeling

Simmel, M.; Bühl, J.; Ansmann, A.; Tegen, I.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-10453-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 18

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-10453-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-10453-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 18

Research article

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24 Sep 2015

Research article |

| 24 Sep 2015

Ice phase in altocumulus clouds over Leipzig: remote sensing observations and detailed modeling

M. Simmel, J. Bühl, A. Ansmann, and I. Tegen

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Final revised paper (published on 24 Sep 2015)
Preprint (discussion started on 19 Jan 2015)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C261: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Feb 2015
- AC C2008: 'Response to comments of reviewer 1', Martin Simmel, 28 Apr 2015
RC C296: 'Review of "Ice phase in altocumulus clouds..."', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Feb 2015
- AC C2021: 'Response to comments of reviewer 2', Martin Simmel, 28 Apr 2015
RC C463: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 28 Feb 2015
- AC C2032: 'Response to comments of reviewer 3', Martin Simmel, 28 Apr 2015

Peer-review completion

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

AR by Martin Simmel on behalf of the Authors (29 Apr 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (12 May 2015) by Timothy Garrett

AR by Martin Simmel on behalf of the Authors (23 Jun 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (25 Jun 2015) by Timothy Garrett

AR by Martin Simmel on behalf of the Authors (26 Jun 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (20 Jul 2015) by Timothy Garrett

AR by Martin Simmel on behalf of the Authors (24 Aug 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (09 Sep 2015) by Timothy Garrett

AR by Martin Simmel on behalf of the Authors (09 Sep 2015)

Short summary

The paper combines remote sensing observations and detailed cloud modeling. It was shown that the main features of the observations could be captured which allows one to perform sensitivity studies. Those show that the liquid phase is mainly determined by the dynamical parameters of the model, whereas the ice phase is dominated by microphysical parameters such as ice nuclei number and ice particle shape.