The correlation between Arctic sea ice, cloud phase and radiation using A-Train satellites

Cesana, Grégory V.; Pierpaoli, Olivia; Ottaviani, Matteo; Vu, Linh; Jin, Zhonghai; Silber, Israel

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-7899-2024

Articles | Volume 24, issue 13

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-7899-2024

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-7899-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 24, issue 13

Research article

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11 Jul 2024

Research article |

| 11 Jul 2024

The correlation between Arctic sea ice, cloud phase and radiation using A-Train satellites

Grégory V. Cesana, Olivia Pierpaoli, Matteo Ottaviani, Linh Vu, Zhonghai Jin, and Israel Silber

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-7899-2024-supplement

Data sets

DARDAR 1˚x1˚ gridded statistics of cloud fraction by cloud phase type over the Arctic for the period 2007-2010 Grégory Cesana et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11088101

The PHAse Cloud Type (PHACT) product Grégory Cesana and Israel Silber https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11088539

ERA5 monthly averaged data on pressure levels from 1940 to present H. Hersbach et al. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.6860a573

Evaluation of the cloud thermodynamic phase in a climate model using CALIPSO-GOCCP (http://climserv.ipsl.polytechnique.fr/cfmip-obs/Calipso_goccp.html) Grégory Cesana and Hélène Chepfer https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrd.50376

Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) FluxByCldTyp Edition 4 Data Product (https://ceres-tool.larc.nasa.gov/ord-tool/jsp/FluxByCldTypSelection.jsp and https://ceres-tool.larc.nasa.gov/ord-tool/jsp/SYN1degEd41Selection.jsp) Moguo Sun et al. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-21-0029.1

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Better characterizing the relationship between sea ice and clouds is key to understanding Arctic climate because clouds and sea ice affect surface radiation and modulate Arctic surface warming. Our results indicate that Arctic liquid clouds robustly increase in response to sea ice decrease. This increase has a cooling effect on the surface because more solar radiation is reflected back to space, and it should contribute to dampening future Arctic surface warming.