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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-12241-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-12241-2022
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20 Sep 2022
Research article |  | 20 Sep 2022

Life cycle of stratocumulus clouds over 1 year at the coast of the Atacama Desert

Jan H. Schween, Camilo del Rio, Juan-Luis García, Pablo Osses, Sarah Westbrook, and Ulrich Löhnert

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Marine stratocumulus clouds of the eastern Pacific play an essential role in the Earth's climate. These clouds form the major source of water to parts of the extreme dry Atacama Desert at the northern coast of Chile. For the first time these clouds are observed over a whole year with three remote sensing instruments. It is shown how these clouds are influenced by the land–sea wind system and the distribution of ocean temperatures.
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