Ice cloud microphysical trends observed by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder

Kahn, Brian H.; Takahashi, Hanii; Stephens, Graeme L.; Yue, Qing; Delanoë, Julien; Manipon, Gerald; Manning, Evan M.; Heymsfield, Andrew J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-10715-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 14

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-10715-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-10715-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 14

Research article

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26 Jul 2018

Research article |

| 26 Jul 2018

Ice cloud microphysical trends observed by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder

Brian H. Kahn, Hanii Takahashi, Graeme L. Stephens, Qing Yue, Julien Delanoë, Gerald Manipon, Evan M. Manning, and Andrew J. Heymsfield

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Request for clarification on sampling', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Feb 2018
- AC1: 'response to reviewer #2', Brian Kahn, 28 Feb 2018
  - RC2: 'Full review', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Mar 2018
    - AC2: 'response to reviewer #2', Brian Kahn, 23 May 2018
RC3: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Apr 2018
- AC3: 'response to reviewer #1', Brian Kahn, 23 May 2018

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

AR by Brian Kahn on behalf of the Authors (07 Jun 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (09 Jun 2018) by Qiang Fu

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (12 Jun 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (24 Jun 2018)

ED: Publish as is (02 Jul 2018) by Qiang Fu

AR by Brian Kahn on behalf of the Authors (03 Jul 2018)

Short summary

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) satellite instrument shows statistically significant global trends in ice cloud properties between September 2002 and August 2016. The trends are not explained by known AIRS instrument limitations. Significant differences in the ice cloud particle size is found between convective clouds and thin ice clouds in the tropics. These results will be a useful benchmark for other studies of global ice cloud properties.