Classification of Arctic, midlatitude and tropical clouds in the mixed-phase temperature regime

Costa, Anja; Meyer, Jessica; Afchine, Armin; Luebke, Anna; Günther, Gebhard; Dorsey, James R.; Gallagher, Martin W.; Ehrlich, Andre; Wendisch, Manfred; Baumgardner, Darrel; Wex, Heike; Krämer, Martina

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-12219-2017

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13 Oct 2017

Research article |

| 13 Oct 2017

Classification of Arctic, midlatitude and tropical clouds in the mixed-phase temperature regime

Anja Costa, Jessica Meyer, Armin Afchine, Anna Luebke, Gebhard Günther, James R. Dorsey, Martin W. Gallagher, Andre Ehrlich, Manfred Wendisch, Darrel Baumgardner, Heike Wex, and Martina Krämer

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RC1: 'Review of “Classification of Arctic, Mid-Latitude and Tropical Clouds in the Mixed-Phase Temperature Regime.” by Costa et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Apr 2017
RC2: 'Review "Classification of Arctic, Mid-Latitude and Tropical Clouds in the Mixed-Phase Temperature Regime" by A. Costa et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Jun 2017
AC1: 'Replies to Referee 1', Anja Costa, 07 Aug 2017
AC2: 'Replies to Referee 2', Anja Costa, 07 Aug 2017

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AR by Anja Costa on behalf of the Authors (07 Aug 2017)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (29 Aug 2017) by Corinna Hoose

AR by Anja Costa on behalf of the Authors (06 Sep 2017) Author's response Manuscript

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The paper presents 38 h of in situ cloud spectrometer observations of microphysical cloud properties in the Arctic, midlatitudes and tropics. The clouds are classified via particle concentrations, size distributions, and – as a novelty – small particle aspherical fractions. Cloud-type profiles are given for different temperatures and locations. The results confine regions where different cloud transformation processes occurred and emphasise the importance of small particle shape detection.