An update on global atmospheric ice estimates from satellite observations and reanalyses

Duncan, David Ian; Eriksson, Patrick

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11205-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 15

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11205-2018

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11205-2018

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

Articles | Volume 18, issue 15

Research article

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13 Aug 2018

Research article |

| 13 Aug 2018

An update on global atmospheric ice estimates from satellite observations and reanalyses

David Ian Duncan and Patrick Eriksson

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Final revised paper (published on 13 Aug 2018)
Preprint (discussion started on 16 Apr 2018)

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

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RC1: 'acp-2018-275 review comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 May 2018
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 May 2018
AC1: 'Response to reviewers', David Duncan, 22 Jun 2018

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

AR by David Duncan on behalf of the Authors (22 Jun 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (06 Jul 2018) by Michael Pitts

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (06 Jul 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (11 Jul 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (24 Jul 2018) by Michael Pitts

AR by David Duncan on behalf of the Authors (25 Jul 2018) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (26 Jul 2018) by Michael Pitts

AR by David Duncan on behalf of the Authors (27 Jul 2018)

Short summary

Ice cloud mass is assessed on a global scale using the latest satellite and reanalysis datasets. While ice cloud variability driven by large-scale circulations is an area of relative consensus, models and observations disagree strongly on the overall magnitude and finer-scale variability of atmospheric ice mass. The results reflect limitations of the current Earth observing system and indicate ice microphysical assumptions as the likely culprit of disagreement.