The observed diurnal cycle of low-level stratus clouds over southern West Africa: a case study

Babić, Karmen; Adler, Bianca; Kalthoff, Norbert; Andersen, Hendrik; Dione, Cheikh; Lohou, Fabienne; Lothon, Marie; Pedruzo-Bagazgoitia, Xabier

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-1281-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-1281-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-1281-2019

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31 Jan 2019

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| 31 Jan 2019

The observed diurnal cycle of low-level stratus clouds over southern West Africa: a case study

Karmen Babić, Bianca Adler, Norbert Kalthoff, Hendrik Andersen, Cheikh Dione, Fabienne Lohou, Marie Lothon, and Xabier Pedruzo-Bagazgoitia

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RC1: 'A good study of a diurnal variation of low level clouds formation', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Sep 2018
RC2: 'Review of the article', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Oct 2018
AC1: 'Response to referees' comments', Karmen Babić, 14 Nov 2018

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ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (30 Nov 2018) by Susan van den Heever

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (04 Dec 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (05 Jan 2019)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (23 Jan 2019) by Susan van den Heever

Short summary

The first detailed observational analysis of the complete diurnal cycle of low-level clouds (LLC) and associated atmospheric processes over southern West Africa is performed using the data gathered within the DACCIWA (Dynamics-Aerosol-Chemistry-Cloud-Interactions in West Africa) ground-based campaign. We find cooling related to the horizontal advection, which occurs in connection with the inflow of cool maritime air mass and a prominent low-level jet, to have the dominant role in LLC formation.