A microphysics guide to cirrus clouds – Part 1: Cirrus types

Krämer, Martina; Rolf, Christian; Luebke, Anna; Afchine, Armin; Spelten, Nicole; Costa, Anja; Meyer, Jessica; Zöger, Martin; Smith, Jessica; Herman, Robert L.; Buchholz, Bernhard; Ebert, Volker; Baumgardner, Darrel; Borrmann, Stephan; Klingebiel, Marcus; Avallone, Linnea

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-3463-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-3463-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-3463-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 5

Research article

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16 Mar 2016

Research article |

| 16 Mar 2016

A microphysics guide to cirrus clouds – Part 1: Cirrus types

Martina Krämer, Christian Rolf, Anna Luebke, Armin Afchine, Nicole Spelten, Anja Costa, Jessica Meyer, Martin Zöger, Jessica Smith, Robert L. Herman, Bernhard Buchholz, Volker Ebert, Darrel Baumgardner, Stephan Borrmann, Marcus Klingebiel, and Linnea Avallone

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AC C9404: 'Erratum', Martina Krämer, 17 Nov 2015
RC C9650: 'A Microphysics Guide to Cirrus Clouds, Part I: Cirrus Types', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Nov 2015
RC C9729: 'A Microphysics Guide to Cirrus Clouds, Part I: Cirrus Types', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Nov 2015
RC C10712: 'Review of "A microphysics guide to cirrus clouds - Part 1: Cirrus types"', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Dec 2015

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AR by Martina Krämer on behalf of the Authors (05 Feb 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (26 Feb 2016) by Timothy Garrett

AR by Martina Krämer on behalf of the Authors (29 Feb 2016)

Short summary

A guide to cirrus clouds is compiled from extensive model simulations and aircraft observations. Two types of cirrus are found: rather thin in situ cirrus that form directly as ice and thicker liquid origin cirrus consisting of uplifted frozen liquid drops. Over Europe, thinner in situ and liquid origin cirrus occur often together with frontal systems, while over the US and the Tropics, thick liquid origin cirrus formed in large convective systems are detected more frequently.