Nocturnal low-level clouds over southern West Africa analysed using high-resolution simulations

Adler, Bianca; Kalthoff, Norbert; Gantner, Leonhard

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-899-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-899-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-899-2017

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

Articles | Volume 17, issue 2

Research article

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20 Jan 2017

Research article |

| 20 Jan 2017

Nocturnal low-level clouds over southern West Africa analysed using high-resolution simulations

Bianca Adler, Norbert Kalthoff, and Leonhard Gantner

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RC1: 'Review of Adler et al', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Nov 2016
RC2: 'Review of Adler et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Nov 2016
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Short summary

This study deals with the development of nocturnal low-level clouds, which frequently form over southern West Africa during the monsoon season. We performed numerical simulations with the COSMO model and identified processes possibly relevant to cloud formation. The study was made in preparation of a field campaign, which took place in summer 2016 within the DACCIWA project and the results contributed to the optimisation of the measurement strategy during the campaign.