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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8157-2020
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Research article
| 
14 Jul 2020
Research article |
| 14 Jul 2020
Ice-supersaturated air masses in the northern mid-latitudes from regular in situ observations by passenger aircraft: vertical distribution, seasonality and tropospheric fingerprint
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research 8 – Troposphere, Jülich, Germany
Patrick Neis
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research 8 – Troposphere, Jülich, Germany
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
now at: CGI Deutschland B.V. & CO. KG, Frankfurt, Germany
Mihal Rütimann
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research 8 – Troposphere, Jülich, Germany
Susanne Rohs
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research 8 – Troposphere, Jülich, Germany
Florian Berkes
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research 8 – Troposphere, Jülich, Germany
now at: P3 solutions GmbH, Aachen, Germany
Herman G. J. Smit
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research 8 – Troposphere, Jülich, Germany
Martina Krämer
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research 7 – Stratosphere, Jülich, Germany
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Nicole Spelten
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research 7 – Stratosphere, Jülich, Germany
Peter Spichtinger
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Philippe Nédélec
CNRS Laboratoire d'Aérologie and Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, Toulouse, France
Andreas Wahner
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research 8 – Troposphere, Jülich, Germany
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Short summary
The first analysis of 15 years of global-scale water vapour and relative humidity observations by passenger aircraft in the MOZAIC and IAGOS programmes resolves detailed features of water vapour and ice-supersaturated air in the mid-latitude tropopause. Key results provide in-depth insight into seasonal and regional variability and chemical signatures of ice-supersaturated air masses, including trend analyses, and show a close link to cirrus clouds and their highly important effects on climate.
The first analysis of 15 years of global-scale water vapour and relative humidity observations...
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