Statistics on clouds and their relation to thermodynamic conditions  at Ny-Ålesund using ground-based sensor synergy

Nomokonova, Tatiana; Ebell, Kerstin; Löhnert, Ulrich; Maturilli, Marion; Ritter, Christoph; O'Connor, Ewan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-4105-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-4105-2019

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Arctic mixed-phase clouds as studied during the ACLOUD/PASCAL...

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-4105-2019

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02 Apr 2019

Research article |

| 02 Apr 2019

Statistics on clouds and their relation to thermodynamic conditions at Ny-Ålesund using ground-based sensor synergy

Tatiana Nomokonova, Kerstin Ebell, Ulrich Löhnert, Marion Maturilli, Christoph Ritter, and Ewan O'Connor

Data sets

Homogenized radiosonde record at station Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen, 1993–2014 M. Maturilli and M. Kayser https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.845373

Homogenized radiosonde record at station Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen, 2015–2016 M. Maturilli and M. Kayser https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.875196

High resolution radiosonde measurements from station Ny-Ålesund (2017-04) M. Maturilli https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.879767

High resolution radiosonde measurements from station Ny-Ålesund (2017-05) M. Maturilli https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.879820

High resolution radiosonde measurements from station Ny-Ålesund (2017-06) M. Maturilli https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.879822

High resolution radiosonde measurements from station Ny-Ålesund (2017-07) M. Maturilli https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.879823

Short summary

In this study, properties of clouds at the French–German Arctic research station in Ny-Ålesund are related to in-cloud thermodynamic conditions. The dataset used was collected within the Arctic Amplification project with a set of active and passive remote instruments. The results are compared with a model output. Significant divergence in observations and modelling of single-layer ice and mixed-phase clouds was found.