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Thermodynamic and cloud evolution in a cold-air outbreak during HALO-(AC)3: quasi-Lagrangian observations compared to the ERA5 and CARRA reanalyses
Benjamin Kirbus
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
Imke Schirmacher
Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Marcus Klingebiel
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
Michael Schäfer
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
André Ehrlich
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
Nils Slättberg
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany
Johannes Lucke
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Weßling, Germany
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Manuel Moser
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Weßling, Germany
Hanno Müller
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
Manfred Wendisch
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Quasi-Lagrangian observations of cloud transitions during the initial phase of marine cold air outbreaks in the Arctic – Part 2: Vertical cloud structure A. Weber et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-8001-2026
- Airborne observations of cloud properties during their evolution from organized streets to isotropic cloud structures along an Arctic cold-air outbreak M. Klingebiel et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-9787-2025
- The ISLAS2020 field campaign: studying the near-surface exchange process of stable water isotopes during the arctic wintertime A. Seidl et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-1969-2026
- A comprehensive in situ and remote sensing data set collected during the HALO–(𝒜 𝒞)3 aircraft campaign A. Ehrlich et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-1295-2025
- Quasi-Lagrangian observations of cloud transitions during the initial phase of marine cold air outbreaks in the Arctic – Part 1: Temporal and spatial evolution A. Weber et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-3521-2026
- 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. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-8865-2024
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Short summary
A research aircraft is used to track the changes in air temperature, moisture, and cloud properties for air that moves from cold Arctic sea ice onto warmer oceanic waters. The measurements are compared to two reanalysis models named ERA5 and CARRA. The biggest differences are found for air temperature over the sea ice and moisture over the ocean. CARRA data are more accurate than ERA5 because they better simulate the sea ice, the transition from sea ice to open ocean, and the forming clouds.
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