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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-1213-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-1213-2024
Research article
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29 Jan 2024
Research article |  | 29 Jan 2024

Radiative effect of thin cirrus clouds in the extratropical lowermost stratosphere and tropopause region

Reinhold Spang, Rolf Müller, and Alexandru Rap

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Cirrus clouds play an important role in the radiation budget of the Earth. Despite recent progress in their observation, the radiative impact of ultra-thin cirrus clouds (UTC) in the tropopause region and in the lowermost stratosphere remains poorly constrained. Sensitivity model simulations with different ice parameters provide an uncertainty range for the radiative effect of UTCs. There is a need for better observed UTCs to enable the simulation of their potentially large effect on climate.
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