Assessing the impact of the Kuroshio Current on  vertical cloud structure using CloudSat data

Yamauchi, Akira; Kawamoto, Kazuaki; Manda, Atsuyoshi; Li, Jiming

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-7657-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-7657-2018

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-7657-2018

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

Articles | Volume 18, issue 10

Research article

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01 Jun 2018

Research article |

| 01 Jun 2018

Assessing the impact of the Kuroshio Current on vertical cloud structure using CloudSat data

Akira Yamauchi, Kazuaki Kawamoto, Atsuyoshi Manda, and Jiming Li

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Final revised paper (published on 01 Jun 2018)
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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Mar 2018
RC2: 'ACPD Review of “Assessing the impact of the Kuroshio Current on vertical cloud structure using CloudSat data”', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Mar 2018
AC1: 'Responses to reviewer comments', Akira Yamauchi, 25 Apr 2018

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AR by Akira Yamauchi on behalf of the Authors (26 Apr 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (08 May 2018) by Timothy Garrett

AR by Akira Yamauchi on behalf of the Authors (09 May 2018) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

As a key component of the climate system, clouds have a significant influence on hydrological cycles and energy budgets. This study clarified the effects of sea surface temperature changes in the Kuroshio Current on the vertical structure of clouds (rainfall intensity, cloud geometrical thickness, and maximum radar reflectivity position) using CloudSat products. The Kuroshio influences not only the dynamical processes of the lower layer of the atmosphere but also the properties inside clouds.