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@ARTICLE{Schumann:841587,
author = {Schumann, Ulrich and Kiemle, Christoph and Schlager, Hans
and Weigel, Ralf and Borrmann, Stephan and $D\&apos$ and
Amato, Francesco and Krämer, Martina and Matthey, Renaud
and Protat, Alain and Voigt, Christiane and Volk, C.
Michael},
title = {{L}ong-lived contrails and convective cirrus above the
tropical tropopause},
journal = {Atmospheric chemistry and physics},
volume = {17},
number = {3},
issn = {1680-7324},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {EGU},
reportid = {FZJ-2017-08625},
pages = {2311 - 2346},
year = {2017},
abstract = {This study has two objectives: (1) it characterizes
contrails at very low temperatures and (2) it discusses
convective cirrus in which the contrails occurred. (1)
Long-lived contrails and cirrus from overshooting convection
are investigated above the tropical tropopause at low
temperatures down to −88 °C from measurements with the
Russian high-altitude research aircraft M-55 "Geophysica",
as well as related observations during the SCOUT-O3 field
experiment near Darwin, Australia, in 2005. A contrail was
observed to persist below ice saturation at low temperatures
and low turbulence in the stratosphere for nearly 1 h. The
contrail occurred downwind of the decaying convective system
"Hector" of 16 November 2005. The upper part of the contrail
formed at 19 km altitude in the tropical lower
stratosphere at $∼ 60 \%$ relative humidity over ice
at −82 °C. The ∼ 1 h lifetime is explained by
engine water emissions, slightly enhanced humidity from
Hector, low temperature, low turbulence, and possibly nitric
acid hydrate formation. The long persistence suggests large
contrail coverage in case of a potential future increase of
air traffic in the lower stratosphere. (2) Cirrus observed
above the strongly convective Hector cloud on 30 November
2005 was previously interpreted as cirrus from overshooting
convection. Here we show that parts of the cirrus were
caused by contrails or are mixtures of convective and
contrail cirrus. The in situ data together with data from an
upward-looking lidar on the German research aircraft
"Falcon", the CPOL radar near Darwin, and NOAA-AVHRR
satellites provide a sufficiently complete picture to
distinguish between contrail and convective cirrus parts.
Plume positions are estimated based on measured or analyzed
wind and parameterized wake vortex descent. Most of the
non-volatile aerosol measured over Hector is traceable to
aircraft emissions. Exhaust emission indices are derived
from a self-match experiment of the Geophysica in the polar
stratosphere in 2010. The number of ice particles in the
contrails is less than $1 \%$ of the number of
non-volatile aerosol particles, possibly because of
sublimation losses and undetected very small ice particles.
The radar data show that the ice water content in convective
overshoots is far higher than measured along the flight
path. These findings add insight into overshooting
convection and are of relevance with respect to hydration of
the lower stratosphere.},
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)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-244},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000395118000006},
doi = {10.5194/acp-17-2311-2017},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/841587},
}