Modelling micro- and macrophysical contributors to the dissipation of an Arctic mixed-phase cloud during the Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS)

Loewe, Katharina; Ekman, Annica M. L.; Paukert, Marco; Sedlar, Joseph; Tjernström, Michael; Hoose, Corinna

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-6693-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-6693-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-6693-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 11

Research article

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08 Jun 2017

Research article |

| 08 Jun 2017

Modelling micro- and macrophysical contributors to the dissipation of an Arctic mixed-phase cloud during the Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS)

Katharina Loewe, Annica M. L. Ekman, Marco Paukert, Joseph Sedlar, Michael Tjernström, and Corinna Hoose

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RC1: 'Review of “Modelling micro- and macrophysical contributors to the dissipation of an Arctic mixed-phase cloud during the Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS)”', Anonymous Referee #3, 04 Jan 2017
RC2: 'Review of "Modelling micro- and macrophysical contributors to the dissipation of an Arctic mixed-phase cloud during the Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS)"', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Feb 2017
AC1: 'Authors' response to the reviewers' comments', Katharina Loewe, 26 Mar 2017

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

AR by Katharina Loewe on behalf of the Authors (26 Mar 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (27 Mar 2017) by Barbara Ervens

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (23 Apr 2017)

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (24 Apr 2017) by Barbara Ervens

AR by Katharina Loewe on behalf of the Authors (29 Apr 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (02 May 2017) by Barbara Ervens

Short summary

Processes that affect Arctic mixed-phase cloud life cycle are extremely important for the surface energy budget. Three different sensitivity experiments mimic changes in the advection of air masses with different thermodynamic profiles and aerosol properties to find the potential mechanisms leading to the dissipation of the cloud. We found that the reduction of the cloud droplet number concentration was likely the primary contributor to the dissipation of the observed Arctic mixed-phase cloud.