A meteorological overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) campaign over the southeastern Atlantic during 2016–2018: Part 2 – Daily and synoptic characteristics

Ryoo, Ju-Mee; Pfister, Leonhard; Ueyama, Rei; Zuidema, Paquita; Wood, Robert; Chang, Ian; Redemann, Jens

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-14209-2022

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08 Nov 2022

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| 08 Nov 2022

A meteorological overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) campaign over the southeastern Atlantic during 2016–2018: Part 2 – Daily and synoptic characteristics

Ju-Mee Ryoo, Leonhard Pfister, Rei Ueyama, Paquita Zuidema, Robert Wood, Ian Chang, and Jens Redemann

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-14209-2022-supplement

Data sets

Suite of Aerosol, Cloud, and Related Data Acquired Aboard P3 During ORACLES 2016, Version 2 ORACLES Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/ORACLES/P3/2016_V2

Suite of Aerosol, Cloud, and Related Data Acquired Aboard P3 During ORACLES 2017, Version 2 ORACLES Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/ORACLES/P3/2017_V2

Suite of Aerosol, Cloud, and Related Data Acquired Aboard P3 During ORACLES 2018, Version 2 ORACLES Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/ORACLES/P3/2018_V2

MODIS Atmosphere L3 Monthly Product (08_L3), NASA MODIS Adaptive Processing System (Terra) S. Platnick, P. Hubanks, K. Meyer, and M. D. King https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD08_M3.006

MODIS Atmosphere L3 Monthly Product (08_L3). NASA MODIS Adaptive Processing System (Aqua) S. Platnick, P. Hubanks, K. Meyer, and M. D. King https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD08_M3.006

Short summary

The variability in the meteorological fields during each deployment is highly modulated at a daily to synoptic timescale. This paper, along with part 1, the climatological overview paper, provides a meteorological context for interpreting the airborne measurements gathered during the three ORACLES deployments. This study supports related studies focusing on the detailed investigation of the processes controlling stratocumulus decks, aerosol lifting, transport, and their interactions.