The influence of water vapor anomalies on clouds and their radiative effect at Ny-Ålesund

Nomokonova, Tatiana; Ebell, Kerstin; Löhnert, Ulrich; Maturilli, Marion; Ritter, Christoph

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-5157-2020

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The influence of water vapor anomalies on clouds and their radiative effect at Ny-Ålesund

Tatiana Nomokonova, Kerstin Ebell, Ulrich Löhnert, Marion Maturilli, and Christoph Ritter

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Data sets

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

Homogenized radiosonde record at station Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen, 2015-2016 Marion Maturilli and Markus Kayser https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.875196

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

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

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

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

Integrated water vapor of HATPRO microwave radiometer at AWIPEV, Ny-Ålesund (2016) Tatiana Nomokonova, Christoph Ritter, and Kerstin Ebell https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902183

Integrated water vapor of HATPRO microwave radiometer at AWIPEV, Ny-Ålesund (2017) Tatiana Nomokonova, Christoph Ritter, and Kerstin Ebell https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902142

Integrated water vapor of HATPRO microwave radiometer at AWIPEV, Ny-Ålesund (2018) Tatiana Nomokonova, Christoph Ritter, and Kerstin Ebell https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902143

Liquid water path of HATPRO microwave radiometer at AWIPEV, Ny-Ålesund (2016) Tatiana Nomokonova, Christoph Ritter, and Kerstin Ebell https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902096

Liquid water path of HATPRO microwave radiometer at AWIPEV, Ny-Ålesund (2017) Tatiana Nomokonova, Christoph Ritter, and Kerstin Ebell https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902098

Liquid water path of HATPRO microwave radiometer at AWIPEV, Ny-Ålesund (2018) Tatiana Nomokonova, Christoph Ritter, and Kerstin Ebell https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902099

Temperature profile of HATPRO microwave radiometer at AWIPEV, Ny-Ålesund (2016) Tatiana Nomokonova, Christoph Ritter, and Kerstin Ebell https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902145

Temperature profile of HATPRO microwave radiometer at AWIPEV, Ny-Ålesund (2017) Tatiana Nomokonova, Christoph Ritter, and Kerstin Ebell https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902183

Temperature profile of HATPRO microwave radiometer at AWIPEV, Ny-Ålesund (2018) Tatiana Nomokonova, Christoph Ritter, and Kerstin Ebell https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902147

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This paper presents an influence of water vapor anomalies on cloud properties and their radiative effect at Ny-Ålesund. The study is based on a 2.5-year active and passive cloud observation and a radiative transfer model. The results show that moist and dry conditions are related to strong changes in cloud occurrence, phase partitioning, water path, and, consequently, modulate the surface radiative budget.