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08 Apr 2019
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Lidar measurements of thin laminations within Arctic clouds
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University,
6310 Coburg Rd., P.O. Box 15000, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada
James R. Drummond
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University,
6310 Coburg Rd., P.O. Box 15000, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada
Thomas J. Duck
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University,
6310 Coburg Rd., P.O. Box 15000, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada
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Short summary
Very thin (<10 m) laminations within Arctic clouds have been observed in all seasons using the Canadian Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Change (CANDAC) Rayleigh–Mie–Raman lidar (CRL) at the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL; Eureka, Nunavut, Canadian High Arctic). The laminations can last longer than 24 h and are often associated with precipitation and atmospheric stability. This has implications for our understanding of cloud internal structure and processes.
Very thin (10 m) laminations within Arctic clouds have been observed in all seasons using the...
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