Articles | Volume 22, issue 15 
            
                
                    
            
            
            https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-10247-2022
                    © Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under 
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
                the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-10247-2022
                    © Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under 
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
                the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Exploring relations between cloud morphology, cloud phase, and cloud radiative properties in Southern Ocean's stratocumulus clouds
Jessica Danker
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt,
Frankfurt, Germany
                                        
                                    Odran Sourdeval
                                            Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8518 – LOA – Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique, 59000 Lille, France
                                        
                                    Isabel L. McCoy
                                            Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
                                        
                                    
                                            Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
                                        
                                    Robert Wood
                                            Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
                                        
                                    Anna Possner
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
                                            
                                    
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt,
Frankfurt, Germany
                                        
                                    Viewed
                        
                            Total article views: 4,753 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
                        
                            
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                
                            
                        
                        
                            Cumulative views and downloads 
                                         (calculated since 09 Nov 2021)
                        
                        
                            
                                
                            
                    
        
                    
                    | HTML | XML | Total | Supplement | BibTeX | EndNote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,536 | 1,139 | 78 | 4,753 | 272 | 62 | 73 | 
- HTML: 3,536
- PDF: 1,139
- XML: 78
- Total: 4,753
- Supplement: 272
- BibTeX: 62
- EndNote: 73
                        
                            Total article views: 3,389 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
                        
                            
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                
                            
                        
                        
                            Cumulative views and downloads 
                                         (calculated since 10 Aug 2022)
                        
                        
                            
                                
                            
                    
                    
                    | HTML | XML | Total | Supplement | BibTeX | EndNote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,727 | 615 | 47 | 3,389 | 119 | 48 | 60 | 
- HTML: 2,727
- PDF: 615
- XML: 47
- Total: 3,389
- Supplement: 119
- BibTeX: 48
- EndNote: 60
                        
                            Total article views: 1,364 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
                        
                            
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                
                            
                        
                        
                            Cumulative views and downloads 
                                         (calculated since 09 Nov 2021)
                        
                        
                            
                                
                            
                    
        
                
            | HTML | XML | Total | Supplement | BibTeX | EndNote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 809 | 524 | 31 | 1,364 | 153 | 14 | 13 | 
- HTML: 809
- PDF: 524
- XML: 31
- Total: 1,364
- Supplement: 153
- BibTeX: 14
- EndNote: 13
Viewed (geographical distribution)
                                Total article views: 4,753 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
                                
                                Thereof 4,651 with geography defined
                                    and 102 with unknown origin. 
                            
        
                            
                                Total article views: 3,389 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
                                
                                Thereof 3,353 with geography defined
                                    and 36 with unknown origin. 
                            
        
                            
                                Total article views: 1,364 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
                                
                                Thereof 1,298 with geography defined
                                    and 66 with unknown origin. 
                            
                    | Country | # | Views | % | 
|---|
| Country | # | Views | % | 
|---|
| Country | # | Views | % | 
|---|
| Total: | 0 | 
| HTML: | 0 | 
| PDF: | 0 | 
| XML: | 0 | 
- 1
1
                            | Total: | 0 | 
| HTML: | 0 | 
| PDF: | 0 | 
| XML: | 0 | 
- 1
1
                            | Total: | 0 | 
| HTML: | 0 | 
| PDF: | 0 | 
| XML: | 0 | 
- 1
1
                            Cited
12 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Contributions of the synoptic meteorology to the seasonal cloud condensation nuclei cycle over the Southern Ocean T. Alinejadtabrizi et al. 10.5194/acp-25-2631-2025
- Influence of open ocean biogeochemistry on aerosol and clouds: Recent findings and perspectives K. Sellegri et al. 10.1525/elementa.2023.00058
- Mesoscale Cellular Convection Detection and Classification Using Convolutional Neural Networks: Insights From Long‐Term Observations at ARM Eastern North Atlantic Site J. Tian et al. 10.1029/2024JH000486
- The Spatial Heterogeneity of Cloud Phase Observed by Satellite A. Sokol & T. Storelvmo 10.1029/2023JD039751
- Distinctive aerosol–cloud–precipitation interactions in marine boundary layer clouds from the ACE-ENA and SOCRATES aircraft field campaigns X. Zheng et al. 10.5194/acp-24-10323-2024
- Asymmetries in cloud microphysical properties ascribed to sea ice leads via water vapour transport in the central Arctic P. Saavedra Garfias et al. 10.5194/acp-23-14521-2023
- Air mass history linked to the development of Arctic mixed-phase clouds R. Murray-Watson & E. Gryspeerdt 10.5194/acp-24-11115-2024
- On the relationship between mesoscale cellular convection and meteorological forcing: comparing the Southern Ocean against the North Pacific F. Lang et al. 10.5194/acp-24-1451-2024
- Characterisation of low-base and mid-base clouds and their thermodynamic phase over the Southern Ocean and Arctic marine regions B. Dietel et al. 10.5194/acp-24-7359-2024
- The Role of Mesoscale Cloud Morphology in the Shortwave Cloud Feedback I. McCoy et al. 10.1029/2022GL101042
- Wet deposition in shallow convection over the Southern Ocean T. Alinejadtabrizi et al. 10.1038/s41612-024-00625-1
- Coalescence Scavenging Drives Droplet Number Concentration in Southern Ocean Low Clouds L. Kang et al. 10.1029/2022GL097819
11 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Contributions of the synoptic meteorology to the seasonal cloud condensation nuclei cycle over the Southern Ocean T. Alinejadtabrizi et al. 10.5194/acp-25-2631-2025
- Influence of open ocean biogeochemistry on aerosol and clouds: Recent findings and perspectives K. Sellegri et al. 10.1525/elementa.2023.00058
- Mesoscale Cellular Convection Detection and Classification Using Convolutional Neural Networks: Insights From Long‐Term Observations at ARM Eastern North Atlantic Site J. Tian et al. 10.1029/2024JH000486
- The Spatial Heterogeneity of Cloud Phase Observed by Satellite A. Sokol & T. Storelvmo 10.1029/2023JD039751
- Distinctive aerosol–cloud–precipitation interactions in marine boundary layer clouds from the ACE-ENA and SOCRATES aircraft field campaigns X. Zheng et al. 10.5194/acp-24-10323-2024
- Asymmetries in cloud microphysical properties ascribed to sea ice leads via water vapour transport in the central Arctic P. Saavedra Garfias et al. 10.5194/acp-23-14521-2023
- Air mass history linked to the development of Arctic mixed-phase clouds R. Murray-Watson & E. Gryspeerdt 10.5194/acp-24-11115-2024
- On the relationship between mesoscale cellular convection and meteorological forcing: comparing the Southern Ocean against the North Pacific F. Lang et al. 10.5194/acp-24-1451-2024
- Characterisation of low-base and mid-base clouds and their thermodynamic phase over the Southern Ocean and Arctic marine regions B. Dietel et al. 10.5194/acp-24-7359-2024
- The Role of Mesoscale Cloud Morphology in the Shortwave Cloud Feedback I. McCoy et al. 10.1029/2022GL101042
- Wet deposition in shallow convection over the Southern Ocean T. Alinejadtabrizi et al. 10.1038/s41612-024-00625-1
1 citations as recorded by crossref.
Latest update: 30 Oct 2025
Short summary
                    Using spaceborne lidar-radar retrievals, we show that seasonal changes in cloud phase outweigh changes in cloud-phase statistics across cloud morphologies at given cloud-top temperatures. These results show that cloud morphology does not seem to pose a primary constraint on cloud-phase statistics in the Southern Ocean. Meanwhile, larger changes in in-cloud albedo across cloud morphologies are observed in supercooled liquid rather than mixed-phase stratocumuli.
                    Using spaceborne lidar-radar retrievals, we show that seasonal changes in cloud phase outweigh...
                    
                Altmetrics
                
                Final-revised paper
            
            
                    Preprint
                
                     
 
                             
                             
                     
                     
                    