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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-3103-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-3103-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Characteristics of supersaturation in midlatitude cirrus clouds and their adjacent cloud-free air
Georgios Dekoutsidis
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für
Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 Wessling, Germany
Silke Groß
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für
Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 Wessling, Germany
Martin Wirth
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für
Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 Wessling, Germany
Martina Krämer
Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK-7), Research Center
Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
Institute for Atmospheric Physics (IPA), Johannes Gutenberg
University, Mainz, Germany
Christian Rolf
Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK-7), Research Center
Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Evidence for sub-wavelength-scale ice crystal surface roughness from single-particle light-scattering measurements F. Schnaiter & E. Järvinen
- Most long-lived contrails form within cirrus clouds with uncertain climate impact A. Petzold et al.
- Calibration of Upper Air Water Vapour Profiles Using the IPRAL Raman Lidar and ERA5 Model Results and Comparison to GRUAN Radiosonde Observations D. Alraddawi et al.
- Cirrus formation regimes – data-driven identification and quantification of mineral dust effect K. Jeggle et al.
- Addressing the urgent need for direct climate cooling: Rationale and options R. Baiman et al.
- SI-traceable validation of a laser spectrometer for balloon-borne measurements of water vapor in the upper atmosphere S. Brunamonti et al.
- Changes in Supersaturation Inside and Around Arctic Cirrus during Warm Air Intrusion Events G. Dekoutsidis et al.
- Climatology of Cirrus Clouds over Observatory of Haute-Provence (France) Using Multivariate Analyses on Lidar Profiles F. Mandija et al.
- The Arctic Low-Level Mixed-Phase Haze Regime and its Microphysical Differences to Mixed-Phase Clouds M. Moser et al.
- Towards a more reliable forecast of ice supersaturation: concept of a one-moment ice-cloud scheme that avoids saturation adjustment D. Sperber & K. Gierens
- The effects of warm-air intrusions in the high Arctic on cirrus clouds G. Dekoutsidis et al.
- Overview: quasi-Lagrangian observations of Arctic air mass transformations – introduction and initial results of the HALO–(𝒜 𝒞)3 aircraft campaign M. Wendisch et al.
- Correction of ERA5 temperature and relative humidity biases by bivariate quantile mapping for contrail formation analysis K. Wolf et al.
- Variability in the properties of the distribution of the relative humidity with respect to ice: implications for contrail formation S. Sanogo et al.
- Addressing Confidence in Modeling of Contrail Formation from E-Fuels in Aviation Using Large Eddy Simulation Parametrization E. Cabrera & J. de Sousa
- Advances in CALIPSO (IIR) cirrus cloud property retrievals – Part 2: Global estimates of the fraction of cirrus clouds affected by homogeneous ice nucleation D. Mitchell & A. Garnier
- Does prognostic seeding along flight tracks produce the desired effects of cirrus cloud thinning? C. Tully et al.
- Predicting ice supersaturation for contrail avoidance: ensemble forecasting using ICON with two-moment ice microphysics M. Hanst et al.
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Short summary
Cirrus clouds affect Earth's atmosphere, deeming our study important. Here we use water vapor measurements by lidar and study the relative humidity (RHi) within and around midlatitude cirrus clouds. We find high supersaturations in the cloud-free air and within the clouds, especially near the cloud top. We study two cloud types with different formation processes. Finally, we conclude that the shape of the distribution of RHi can be used as an indicator of different cloud evolutionary stages.
Cirrus clouds affect Earth's atmosphere, deeming our study important. Here we use water vapor...
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