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A microphysics guide to cirrus – Part 2: Climatologies of clouds and humidity from observations
Institute for Energy and Climate Research (IEK-7), Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany
Institute for Atmospheric Physics (IPA), Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Christian Rolf
Institute for Energy and Climate Research (IEK-7), Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany
Nicole Spelten
Institute for Energy and Climate Research (IEK-7), Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany
Armin Afchine
Institute for Energy and Climate Research (IEK-7), Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany
David Fahey
NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory (CSL), Boulder, USA
Eric Jensen
NCAR, Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling Laboratory, Boulder, USA
Sergey Khaykin
LATMOS/IPSL, UVSQ, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Guyancourt, France
Thomas Kuhn
Luleå University of Technology, Division of Space Technology, Kiruna, Sweden
Paul Lawson
SPEC Inc., Boulder, CO, USA
Alexey Lykov
Central Aerological Observatory (CAO), Department of Upper Atmospheric Layers Physics, Moscow, Russia
Laura L. Pan
NCAR, Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling Laboratory, Boulder, USA
Martin Riese
Institute for Energy and Climate Research (IEK-7), Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany
Andrew Rollins
NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory (CSL), Boulder, USA
Fred Stroh
Institute for Energy and Climate Research (IEK-7), Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany
Troy Thornberry
NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory (CSL), Boulder, USA
CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, USA
Veronika Wolf
Luleå University of Technology, Division of Space Technology, Kiruna, Sweden
now at: Brandenburg Univ. of Technology (BTU),
Atmospheric Processes, Cottbus, Germany
Sarah Woods
SPEC Inc., Boulder, CO, USA
Peter Spichtinger
Institute for Atmospheric Physics (IPA), Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Johannes Quaas
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology (LIM), Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Odran Sourdeval
Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8518 – LOA – Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique, 59000 Lille, France
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To improve the representations of cirrus clouds in climate predictions, extended knowledge of their properties and geographical distribution is required. This study presents extensive airborne in situ and satellite remote sensing climatologies of cirrus and humidity, which serve as a guide to cirrus clouds. Further, exemplary radiative characteristics of cirrus types and also in situ observations of tropical tropopause layer cirrus and humidity in the Asian monsoon anticyclone are shown.
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