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Articles | Volume 16, issue 12
Articles | Volume 16, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-7681-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-7681-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 16, issue 12
Research article
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23 Jun 2016
Research article |  | 23 Jun 2016

Spectral optical layer properties of cirrus from collocated airborne measurements and simulations

Fanny Finger, Frank Werner, Marcus Klingebiel, André Ehrlich, Evelyn Jäkel, Matthias Voigt, Stephan Borrmann, Peter Spichtinger, and Manfred Wendisch

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Solar spectra of optical layer properties of cirrus have been derived from the first truly collocated airborne radiation measurements using an aircraft and a towed sensor platform. The measured layer properties differ slightly due to horizontal cirrus inhomogeneities and the influence of low-level water clouds. Applying a 1-D radiative transfer model sensitivity studies were performed. It was found that if a low-level cloud is not considered, the solar cooling of the cirrus is strongly overestimated.
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