Cloud characteristics, thermodynamic controls and radiative impacts during the Observations and Modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5) experiment

Giangrande, Scott E.; Feng, Zhe; Jensen, Michael P.; Comstock, Jennifer M.; Johnson, Karen L.; Toto, Tami; Wang, Meng; Burleyson, Casey; Bharadwaj, Nitin; Mei, Fan; Machado, Luiz A. T.; Manzi, Antonio O.; Xie, Shaocheng; Tang, Shuaiqi; Silva Dias, Maria Assuncao F.; de Souza, Rodrigo A. F; Schumacher, Courtney; Martin, Scot T.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-14519-2017

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06 Dec 2017

Research article |

| 06 Dec 2017

Cloud characteristics, thermodynamic controls and radiative impacts during the Observations and Modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5) experiment

Scott E. Giangrande, Zhe Feng, Michael P. Jensen, Jennifer M. Comstock, Karen L. Johnson, Tami Toto, Meng Wang, Casey Burleyson, Nitin Bharadwaj, Fan Mei, Luiz A. T. Machado, Antonio O. Manzi, Shaocheng Xie, Shuaiqi Tang, Maria Assuncao F. Silva Dias, Rodrigo A. F de Souza, Courtney Schumacher, and Scot T. Martin

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RC1: 'review', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Jun 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1 (combined response to all reviewers, attached .pdf file)', Scott Giangrande, 30 Aug 2017
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Jun 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 2 (combined response to all reviewers, attached .pdf file)', Scott Giangrande, 30 Aug 2017
RC3: 'Review of “Cloud Characteristics, Thermodynamic Controls and Radiative Impacts During the Observations and Modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5) Experiment” by Scott E. Giangrande et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 27 Jun 2017
- AC3: 'Response to Reviewer 3 (combined response to all reviewers, attached .pdf file)', Scott Giangrande, 30 Aug 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Scott Giangrande on behalf of the Authors (30 Aug 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (11 Sep 2017) by Timothy Garrett

AR by Scott Giangrande on behalf of the Authors (21 Sep 2017)

Short summary

The Amazon forest is the largest tropical rain forest on the planet, featuring prolific and diverse cloud conditions. The Observations and Modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5) experiment was motivated by demands to gain a better understanding of aerosol and cloud interactions on climate and the global circulation. The routine DOE ARM observations from this 2-year campaign are summarized to help quantify controls on clouds and precipitation over this undersampled region.