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@ARTICLE{Costa:838637,
author = {Costa, Anja and Meyer, Jessica and Afchine, Armin and
Luebke, Anna and Günther, Gebhard and Dorsey, James R. and
Gallagher, Martin W. and Ehrlich, Andre and Wendisch,
Manfred and Baumgardner, Darrel and Wex, Heike and Krämer,
Martina},
title = {{C}lassification of {A}rctic, midlatitude and tropical
clouds in the mixed-phase temperature regime},
journal = {Atmospheric chemistry and physics},
volume = {17},
number = {19},
issn = {1680-7324},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {EGU},
reportid = {FZJ-2017-07210},
pages = {12219 - 12238},
year = {2017},
abstract = {The degree of glaciation of mixed-phase clouds constitutes
one of the largest uncertainties in climate prediction. In
order to better understand cloud glaciation, cloud
spectrometer observations are presented in this paper, which
were made in the mixed-phase temperature regime between 0
and −38 °C (273 to 235 K), where cloud particles can
either be frozen or liquid. The extensive data set covers
four airborne field campaigns providing a total of 139 000
1 Hz data points (38.6 h within clouds) over Arctic,
midlatitude and tropical regions. We develop algorithms,
combining the information on number concentration, size and
asphericity of the observed cloud particles to classify four
cloud types: liquid clouds, clouds in which liquid droplets
and ice crystals coexist, fully glaciated clouds after the
Wegener–Bergeron–Findeisen process and clouds where
secondary ice formation occurred. We quantify the occurrence
of these cloud groups depending on the geographical region
and temperature and find that liquid clouds dominate our
measurements during the Arctic spring, while clouds
dominated by the Wegener–Bergeron–Findeisen process are
most common in midlatitude spring. The coexistence of liquid
water and ice crystals is found over the whole mixed-phase
temperature range in tropical convective towers in the dry
season. Secondary ice is found at midlatitudes at −5 to
−10 °C (268 to 263 K) and at higher altitudes, i.e.
lower temperatures in the tropics. The distribution of the
cloud types with decreasing temperature is shown to be
consistent with the theory of evolution of mixed-phase
clouds. With this study, we aim to contribute to a large
statistical database on cloud types in the mixed-phase
temperature regime.},
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:000412937900002},
doi = {10.5194/acp-17-12219-2017},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/838637},
}