Breakup of nocturnal low-level stratiform clouds during the southern West African monsoon season

Zouzoua, Maurin; Lohou, Fabienne; Assamoi, Paul; Lothon, Marie; Yoboue, Véronique; Dione, Cheikh; Kalthoff, Norbert; Adler, Bianca; Babić, Karmen; Pedruzo-Bagazgoitia, Xabier; Derrien, Solène

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-2027-2021

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10 Feb 2021

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| 10 Feb 2021

Breakup of nocturnal low-level stratiform clouds during the southern West African monsoon season

Maurin Zouzoua, Fabienne Lohou, Paul Assamoi, Marie Lothon, Véronique Yoboue, Cheikh Dione, Norbert Kalthoff, Bianca Adler, Karmen Babić, Xabier Pedruzo-Bagazgoitia, and Solène Derrien

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RC1: 'Review of ACP-2020-601: Zouzoua et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Aug 2020
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer #1', Maurin Zouzoua, 05 Oct 2020
RC2: 'Review of ZOUZOUA et al., 2020 ACPD', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Aug 2020
- AC1: 'Response to reviewer #2', Maurin Zouzoua, 05 Oct 2020

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AR by Maurin Zouzoua on behalf of the Authors (06 Oct 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 Oct 2020) by Susan van den Heever

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (22 Oct 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (12 Nov 2020)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (16 Nov 2020) by Susan van den Heever

AR by Maurin Zouzoua on behalf of the Authors (04 Dec 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (15 Dec 2020) by Susan van den Heever

Short summary

Based on a field experiment conducted in June and July 2016, we analyzed the daytime breakup of continental low-level stratiform clouds over southern West Africa in order to provide complementary guidance for model evaluation during the monsoon season. Those clouds exhibit weaker temperature and moisture jumps at the top compared to marine stratiform clouds. Their lifetime and the transition towards shallow convective clouds during daytime hours depend on their coupling with the surface.