The origin of midlatitude ice clouds and the resulting influence on their microphysical properties

Luebke, Anna E.; Afchine, Armin; Costa, Anja; Grooß, Jens-Uwe; Meyer, Jessica; Rolf, Christian; Spelten, Nicole; Avallone, Linnea M.; Baumgardner, Darrel; Krämer, Martina

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5793-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5793-2016

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ML-CIRRUS – the airborne experiment on natural cirrus...

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5793-2016

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12 May 2016

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| 12 May 2016

The origin of midlatitude ice clouds and the resulting influence on their microphysical properties

Anna E. Luebke, Armin Afchine, Anja Costa, Jens-Uwe Grooß, Jessica Meyer, Christian Rolf, Nicole Spelten, Linnea M. Avallone, Darrel Baumgardner, and Martina Krämer

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In this study, we present observational evidence to show that two distinct types of cirrus clouds exist – in situ origin and liquid origin cirrus. These two types differ by their formation mechanism and other properties. Airborne, in-cloud measurements of cloud ice water content (IWC), ice crystal concentration (Nice), and ice crystal size from the 2014 ML-CIRRUS campaign provide cloud samples that have been divided and analyzed according to their origin type.