An analysis of the cloud environment over the Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf using CloudSat/CALIPSO satellite observations: the importance of synoptic forcing

Jolly, Ben; Kuma, Peter; McDonald, Adrian; Parsons, Simon

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-9723-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 13

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-9723-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-9723-2018

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

Articles | Volume 18, issue 13

Research article

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10 Jul 2018

Research article |

| 10 Jul 2018

An analysis of the cloud environment over the Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf using CloudSat/CALIPSO satellite observations: the importance of synoptic forcing

Ben Jolly, Peter Kuma, Adrian McDonald, and Simon Parsons

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RC1: 'Small changes needed', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Nov 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Adrian McDonald, 31 Mar 2018
RC2: 'Review of Jolly et al, "An analysis of the cloud environment ..."', Anonymous Referee #3, 17 Feb 2018
- AC2: 'Resposne to Reviewer 3', Adrian McDonald, 31 Mar 2018

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AR by Adrian McDonald on behalf of the Authors (15 Apr 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (01 May 2018) by Bernhard Mayer

AR by Adrian McDonald on behalf of the Authors (11 May 2018)

Short summary

Clouds in the Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf regions are examined using a combination of satellite observations from the CloudSat and CALIPSO satellite datasets. We show that previous studies may have included an artefact at high altitudes which under-estimated cloud occurrence. We also find that the meteorological regime is a stronger control of cloud occurrence, cloud type and cloud top than season over this region, though season is a strong control on the phase of cloud.