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@ARTICLE{Luebke:279595,
author = {Luebke, Anna and Afchine, A. and Costa, A. and Meyer, J.
and Rolf, C. and Spelten, N. and Avallone, L. M. and
Baumgardner, D. and Krämer, M.},
title = {{T}he origin of midlatitude ice clouds and the resulting
influence on their microphysical properties},
journal = {Atmospheric chemistry and physics / Discussions},
volume = {15},
number = {23},
issn = {1680-7375},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {EGU},
reportid = {FZJ-2015-07479},
pages = {34243 - 34281},
year = {2015},
abstract = {The radiative role of ice clouds in the atmosphere is known
to be important, but uncertainties remain concerning the
magnitude and net effects. However, through measurements of
the microphysical properties of cirrus clouds, we can better
characterize them, which can ultimately allow for their
radiative properties to be more accurately ascertained. It
has recently been proposed that there are two types of
cirrus clouds – in situ and liquid origin. In this study,
we present observational evidence to show that two distinct
types of cirrus do exist. Airborne, in situ measurements of
cloud ice water content (IWC), ice crystal concentration
(Nice), and ice crystal size from the 2014 ML-CIRRUS
campaign provide cloud samples that have been divided
according to their origin type. The key features that set
liquid origin cirrus apart from the in situ origin cirrus
are a higher frequency of high IWC (> 100 ppmv), higher Nice
values, and larger ice crystals. A vertical distribution of
Nice shows that the in situ origin cirrus clouds exhibit a
median value of around 0.1 cm−3, while the liquid origin
concentrations are slightly, but notably higher. The median
sizes of the crystals contributing the most mass are less
than 200 μm for in situ origin cirrus, with some of the
largest crystals reaching 550 μm in size. The liquid origin
cirrus, on the other hand, were observed to have median
diameters greater than 200 μm, and crystals that were up to
750 μm. An examination of these characteristics in relation
to each other and their relationship to temperature provides
strong evidence that these differences arise from the
dynamics and conditions in which the ice crystals formed.
Additionally, the existence of these two groups in cirrus
cloud populations may explain why a bimodal distribution in
the IWC-temperature relationship has been observed. We
hypothesize that the low IWC mode is the result of in situ
origin cirrus and the high IWC mode is the result of liquid
origin cirrus.},
cin = {IEK-7},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-7-20101013},
pnm = {244 - Composition and dynamics of the upper troposphere and
middle atmosphere (POF3-244) / HITEC - Helmholtz
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training in Energy and Climate
Research (HITEC) (HITEC-20170406)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-244 / G:(DE-Juel1)HITEC-20170406},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.5194/acpd-15-34243-2015},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/279595},
}