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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RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (05 Jan 2019)

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

AR by Karmen Babić on behalf of the Authors (24 Jan 2019) Manuscript

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.