Variability and properties of liquid-dominated clouds over the ice-free and sea-ice-covered Arctic Ocean

Klingebiel, Marcus; Ehrlich, André; Ruiz-Donoso, Elena; Risse, Nils; Schirmacher, Imke; Jäkel, Evelyn; Schäfer, Michael; Wolf, Kevin; Mech, Mario; Moser, Manuel; Voigt, Christiane; Wendisch, Manfred

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-15289-2023

Articles | Volume 23, issue 24

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-15289-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-15289-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 24

Research article

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14 Dec 2023

Research article |

| 14 Dec 2023

Variability and properties of liquid-dominated clouds over the ice-free and sea-ice-covered Arctic Ocean

Marcus Klingebiel, André Ehrlich, Elena Ruiz-Donoso, Nils Risse, Imke Schirmacher, Evelyn Jäkel, Michael Schäfer, Kevin Wolf, Mario Mech, Manuel Moser, Christiane Voigt, and Manfred Wendisch

Data sets

Master tracks in different resolutions during POLAR 5 campaign ACLOUD_2017 André Ehrlich, Manfred Wendisch, Christof Lüpkes, Susanne Crewell, and Mario Mech https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.888173

Aircraft measurements of spectral solar up- and downward irradiances in the Arctic during the ACLOUD campaign 2017 Evelyn Jäkel, André Ehrlich, Michael Schäfer, and Manfred Wendisch https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.899177

Properties of liquid-dominated clouds over the ice-free and sea-ice-covered Arctic Ocean during ACLOUD Marcus Klingebiel, André Ehrlich, Evelyn Jäkel, Michael Schäfer, Elena Ruiz-Donoso, Kevin Wolf, and Manfred Wendisch https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.960907

Properties of liquid-dominated clouds over the ice-free and sea-ice-covered Arctic Ocean during AFLUX Marcus Klingebiel, André Ehrlich, Evelyn Jäkel, Michael Schäfer, Elena Ruiz-Donoso, Kevin Wolf, and Manfred Wendisch https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.960906

Master tracks in different resolutions during POLAR 5 campaign AFLUX 2019 Christof Lüpkes, André Ehrlich, Manfred Wendisch, Susanne Crewell, and Mario Mech https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902876

DLR in-situ cloud measurements during AFLUX Arctic airborne campaign Manuel Moser and Christiane Voigt https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.940564

Spectral solar cloud top radiance measured by airborne spectral imaging during the ACLOUD campaign in 2017 Elena Ruiz-Donoso, André Ehrlich, Michael Schäfer, Evelyn Jäkel, and Manfred Wendisch https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902150

Spectral solar cloud top and surface radiance measured by airborne spectral imaging during the AFLUX campaign in 2019Spectral solar cloud top and surface radiance measured by airborne spectral imaging during the AFLUX campaign in 2019 Michael Schäfer, Elena Ruiz-Donoso, André Ehrlich, and Manfred Wendisch https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.930932

Short summary

In this study we explain how we use aircraft measurements from two Arctic research campaigns to identify cloud properties (like droplet size) over sea-ice and ice-free ocean. To make sure that our measurements make sense, we compare them with other observations. Our results show, e.g., larger cloud droplets in early summer than in spring. Moreover, the cloud droplets are also larger over ice-free ocean than compared to sea ice. In the future, our data can be used to improve climate models.