The diurnal cycle of the clouds extending above the tropical tropopause observed by spaceborne lidar

Dauhut, Thibaut; Noel, Vincent; Dion, Iris-Amata

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-3921-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-3921-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-3921-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 6

Research article

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01 Apr 2020

Research article |

| 01 Apr 2020

The diurnal cycle of the clouds extending above the tropical tropopause observed by spaceborne lidar

Thibaut Dauhut, Vincent Noel, and Iris-Amata Dion

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RC1: 'Review of “Diurnal cycle of clouds extending above the tropical tropopause observed by spaceborne lidar” by Dauhut et al:', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Nov 2019
- AC2: 'Authors' Response to Referee Comment 1 from Anonymous Referee #2', Thibaut Dauhut, 14 Jan 2020
RC2: 'Review of "diurnal cycle of clouds extending above the tropical tropopause observed by spaceborne lidar" by T. Dauhut, V. Noel and I-A Dion', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Dec 2019
- AC1: 'Authors' Response to Referee Comment 2 from Anonymous Referee #1', Thibaut Dauhut, 14 Jan 2020

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (20 Feb 2020) by Michael Pitts

AR by Thibaut Dauhut on behalf of the Authors (02 Mar 2020) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

We document for the first time the diurnal cycle of the clouds in the tropical stratosphere, using the measurements from the lidar on board the International Space Station. The stratospheric clouds are concentrated over the convective centers. Their cloud fraction is minimal and limited to the vicinity of the tropopause during daytime. It presents two maxima: one in the early night and one shortly after midnight, when clouds also extend deeper in the stratosphere.