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@ARTICLE{Krmer:820660,
author = {Krämer, Martina and Rolf, Christian and Luebke, Anna and
Afchine, Armin and Spelten, Nicole and Costa, Anja and
Meyer, Jessica and Zöger, Martin and Smith, Jessica and
Herman, Robert L. and Buchholz, Bernhard and Ebert, Volker
and Baumgardner, Darrel and Borrmann, Stephan and
Klingebiel, Marcus and Avallone, Linnea},
title = {{A} microphysics guide to cirrus clouds – {P}art 1:
{C}irrus types},
journal = {Atmospheric chemistry and physics},
volume = {16},
number = {5},
issn = {1680-7324},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {EGU},
reportid = {FZJ-2016-05929},
pages = {3463 - 3483},
year = {2016},
abstract = {The microphysical and radiative properties of cirrus clouds
continue to be beyond understanding and thus still represent
one of the largest uncertainties in the prediction of the
Earth's climate (IPCC, 2013). Our study aims to provide a
guide to cirrus microphysics, which is compiled from an
extensive set of model simulations, covering the broad range
of atmospheric conditions for cirrus formation and
evolution. The model results are portrayed in the same
parameter space as field measurements, i.e., in the Ice
Water Content-Temperature (IWC-T) parameter space. We
validate this cirrus analysis approach by evaluating cirrus
data sets from 17 aircraft campaigns, conducted in the last
15 years, spending about 94 h in cirrus over Europe,
Australia, Brazil as well as South and North America.
Altogether, the approach of this study is to track cirrus
IWC development with temperature by means of model
simulations, compare with observations and then assign, to a
certain degree, cirrus microphysics to the observations.
Indeed, the field observations show characteristics expected
from the simulated Cirrus Guide. For example, high (low)
IWCs are found together with high (low) ice crystal
concentrations Nice.An important finding from our study is
the classification of two types of cirrus with differing
formation mechanisms and microphysical properties: the first
cirrus type forms directly as ice (in situ origin cirrus)
and splits in two subclasses, depending on the prevailing
strength of the updraft: in slow updrafts these cirrus are
rather thin with lower IWCs, while in fast updrafts thicker
cirrus with higher IWCs can form. The second type consists
predominantly of thick cirrus originating from mixed phase
clouds (i.e., via freezing of liquid droplets – liquid
origin cirrus), which are completely glaciated while lifting
to the cirrus formation temperature region (< 235 K). In the
European field campaigns, slow updraft in situ origin cirrus
occur frequently in low- and high-pressure systems, while
fast updraft in situ cirrus appear in conjunction with jet
streams or gravity waves. Also, liquid origin cirrus mostly
related to warm conveyor belts are found. In the US and
tropical campaigns, thick liquid origin cirrus which are
formed in large convective systems are detected more
frequently.},
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},
UT = {WOS:000374702000043},
doi = {10.5194/acp-16-3463-2016},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/820660},
}