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Research article
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21 Mar 2017
Research article |
| 21 Mar 2017
Upper tropospheric cloud systems derived from IR sounders: properties of cirrus anvils in the tropics
Sofia E. Protopapadaki
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD/IPSL), Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
UPMC Univ Paris 06, PSL Research, University, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
Université Paris-Saclay, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, Paris, France
Claudia J. Stubenrauch
Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD/IPSL), Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
UPMC Univ Paris 06, PSL Research, University, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
Université Paris-Saclay, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, Paris, France
Artem G. Feofilov
Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD/IPSL), Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
UPMC Univ Paris 06, PSL Research, University, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
Université Paris-Saclay, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, Paris, France
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Short summary
Upper tropospheric clouds cover about 30 % of the Earth and play a key role in the climate system by modulating the Earth's energy budget and heat transport. In this article, we study upper tropospheric cloud systems using cloud properties deduced from infrared sounders. Our analyses show that the size of the systems as well as the fraction of thin cirrus over the total anvil area increases with increasing convective depth.
Upper tropospheric clouds cover about 30 % of the Earth and play a key role in the climate...
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