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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-6347-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-6347-2021
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27 Apr 2021
Research article |  | 27 Apr 2021

Case study of a humidity layer above Arctic stratocumulus and potential turbulent coupling with the cloud top

Ulrike Egerer, André Ehrlich, Matthias Gottschalk, Hannes Griesche, Roel A. J. Neggers, Holger Siebert, and Manfred Wendisch

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This paper describes a case study of a three-day period with a persistent humidity inversion above a mixed-phase cloud layer in the Arctic. It is based on measurements with a tethered balloon, complemented with results from a dedicated high-resolution large-eddy simulation. Both methods show that the humidity layer acts to provide moisture to the cloud layer through downward turbulent transport. This supply of additional moisture can contribute to the persistence of Arctic clouds.
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