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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-5477-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-5477-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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08 Apr 2021
Research article |
| 08 Apr 2021
| 08 Apr 2021
Lagrangian matches between observations from aircraft, lidar and radar in a warm conveyor belt crossing orography
Maxi Boettcher
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
Andreas Schäfler
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, German Aerospace Center, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Michael Sprenger
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
Harald Sodemann
Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
Stefan Kaufmann
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, German Aerospace Center, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Christiane Voigt
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, German Aerospace Center, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Hans Schlager
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, German Aerospace Center, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Donato Summa
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale (CNR-IMAA), Tito, Italy
Scuola di Ingegneria, Universita degli Studi della Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
Paolo Di Girolamo
Scuola di Ingegneria, Universita degli Studi della Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
Daniele Nerini
Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, Locarno-Monti, Switzerland
Urs Germann
Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, Locarno-Monti, Switzerland
Heini Wernli
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Short summary
Warm conveyor belts (WCBs) are important airstreams in extratropical cyclones, often leading to the formation of intense precipitation. We present a case study that involves aircraft, lidar and radar observations of water and clouds in a WCB ascending from western Europe across the Alps towards the Baltic Sea during the field campaigns HyMeX and T-NAWDEX-Falcon in October 2012. A probabilistic trajectory measure and an airborne tracer experiment were used to confirm the long pathway of the WCB.
Warm conveyor belts (WCBs) are important airstreams in extratropical cyclones, often leading to...
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