Investigating an indirect aviation effect on mid-latitude cirrus clouds – linking lidar-derived optical properties to in situ measurements

Groß, Silke; Jurkat-Witschas, Tina; Li, Qiang; Wirth, Martin; Urbanek, Benedikt; Krämer, Martina; Weigel, Ralf; Voigt, Christiane

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-8369-2023

Articles | Volume 23, issue 14

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-8369-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-8369-2023

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

Articles | Volume 23, issue 14

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26 Jul 2023

Research article |

| 26 Jul 2023

Investigating an indirect aviation effect on mid-latitude cirrus clouds – linking lidar-derived optical properties to in situ measurements

Silke Groß, Tina Jurkat-Witschas, Qiang Li, Martin Wirth, Benedikt Urbanek, Martina Krämer, Ralf Weigel, and Christiane Voigt

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Aviation-emitted aerosol can have an impact on cirrus clouds. We present optical and microphysical properties of mid-latitude cirrus clouds which were formed under the influence of aviation-emitted aerosol or which were formed under rather pristine conditions. We find that cirrus clouds affected by aviation-emitted aerosol show larger values of the particle linear depolarization ratio, larger mean effective ice particle diameters and decreased ice particle number concentrations.