Impact of surface and near-surface processes on ice crystal concentrations measured at mountain-top research stations

Beck, Alexander; Henneberger, Jan; Fugal, Jacob P.; David, Robert O.; Lacher, Larissa; Lohmann, Ulrike

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8909-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8909-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8909-2018

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

Articles | Volume 18, issue 12

Research article

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27 Jun 2018

Research article |

| 27 Jun 2018

Impact of surface and near-surface processes on ice crystal concentrations measured at mountain-top research stations

Alexander Beck, Jan Henneberger, Jacob P. Fugal, Robert O. David, Larissa Lacher, and Ulrike Lohmann

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Final revised paper (published on 27 Jun 2018)
Preprint (discussion started on 10 Oct 2017)

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

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RC1: 'Accept the paper in current', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Dec 2017
- AC1: 'Response to RC1 - Anonymous Referee #1', Alexander Beck, 13 May 2018
RC2: 'Review Comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Jan 2018
- AC2: 'Response to RC2 - Anonymous Referee #1'', Alexander Beck, 13 May 2018

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

AR by Alexander Beck on behalf of the Authors (13 May 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (11 Jun 2018) by Ottmar Möhler

AR by Alexander Beck on behalf of the Authors (15 Jun 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

This study assesses the impact of surface processes (e.g. blowing snow) on in situ cloud observations at Sonnblick Observatory. Vertical profiles of ice crystal number concentrations (ICNCs) above a snow-covered surface were observed up to a height of 10 m. The ICNC near the ground is at least a factor of 2 larger than at 10 m. Therefore, in situ measurements of ICNCs at mountain-top research stations close to the surface are strongly influenced by surface processes and overestimate the ICNC.