Long-resident droplets at the stratocumulus top

de Lozar, Alberto; Muessle, Lukas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6563-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6563-2016

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VERDI – Vertical Distribution of Ice in Arctic Clouds...

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6563-2016

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30 May 2016

Research article |

| 30 May 2016

Long-resident droplets at the stratocumulus top

Alberto de Lozar and Lukas Muessle

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RC1: 'first review -accept after minor revisions', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Feb 2016
- AC1: 'Answer to RC1', A. de Lozar, 26 Apr 2016
RC2: 'Comment on “Long-resident droplets at the stratocumulus top”', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Mar 2016
- AC2: 'Answer to RC2', A. de Lozar, 26 Apr 2016

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AR by A. de Lozar on behalf of the Authors (26 Apr 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (29 Apr 2016) by Corinna Hoose

AR by A. de Lozar on behalf of the Authors (04 May 2016)

Short summary

We follow 1 billion cloud droplets in numerical simulations, which are based on observations of Arctic stratocumuli from the VERDI campaign. Small-scale turbulence allows some droplets to escape the large-scale convective movements, with the result that they can spend a long time at cloud top. Long-resident droplets can grow well above the average due to radiative cooling and collisions. This can have consequences for rain models that assume that all droplets spend the same time in the cloud.