Articles | Volume 23, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-7033-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-7033-2023
Research article
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26 Jun 2023
Research article |  | 26 Jun 2023

Large-eddy simulation of a two-layer boundary-layer cloud system from the Arctic Ocean 2018 expedition

Ines Bulatovic, Julien Savre, Michael Tjernström, Caroline Leck, and Annica M. L. Ekman

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We use numerical modeling with detailed cloud microphysics to investigate a low-altitude cloud system consisting of two cloud layers – a type of cloud situation which was commonly observed during the summer of 2018 in the central Arctic (north of 80° N). The model generally reproduces the observed cloud layers and the thermodynamic structure of the lower atmosphere well. The cloud system is maintained unless there are low aerosol number concentrations or high large-scale wind speeds.
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