Tethered balloon-borne observations of thermal-infrared irradiance and cooling rate profiles in the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer
Abstract
Clouds play an important role in controlling the radiative energy budget of the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer. To quantify the impact of clouds on the radiative heating or cooling of the lower atmosphere and of the surface, vertical profile observations of thermal-infrared irradiances were collected using a radiation measurement system carried by a tethered balloon. We present 70 profiles of thermal-infrared radiative quantities measured in summer 2020 during the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition and in autumn 2021 and spring 2022 in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. Measurements are classified into four groups: cloudless, low-level liquid-bearing cloud, elevated liquid-bearing cloud, and elevated ice cloud. Cloudless cases display an average radiative cooling rate of about —2 K d—1 throughout the atmospheric boundary layer. Instead, low-level liquid-bearing clouds are characterized by a radiative cooling up to —80 K d—1 within a shallow layer at cloud top, while no temperature tendencies are identified underneath the cloud layer. Radiative transfer simulations are performed to quantify the sensitivity of radiative cooling rates to cloud microphysical properties. In particular, cloud top cooling is strongly driven by the liquid water path, especially in optically thin clouds, while for optically thick clouds the cloud dropletmore »
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- Univ. of Leipzig (Germany)
- Leibniz Inst. for Tropospheric Research (ITR), Leipzig (Germany)
- National Research Council (CNR), Bologna (Italy). Inst. of Polar Sciences (ISP)
- Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Cooperative Inst. for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Boulder, CO (United States)
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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- 2322383
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- SC0021341; OPP-1724551; NA22OAR4320151
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- Accepted Manuscript
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- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Online)
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- Journal Name: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Online); Journal Volume: 24; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1680-7324
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- Copernicus Publications, EGU
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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Lonardi, Michael, Akansu, Elisa F., Ehrlich, André, Mazzola, Mauro, Pilz, Christian, Shupe, Matthew D., Siebert, Holger, and Wendisch, Manfred. Tethered balloon-borne observations of thermal-infrared irradiance and cooling rate profiles in the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer. United States: N. p., 2024.
Web. doi:10.5194/acp-24-1961-2024.
Lonardi, Michael, Akansu, Elisa F., Ehrlich, André, Mazzola, Mauro, Pilz, Christian, Shupe, Matthew D., Siebert, Holger, & Wendisch, Manfred. Tethered balloon-borne observations of thermal-infrared irradiance and cooling rate profiles in the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer. United States. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-1961-2024
Lonardi, Michael, Akansu, Elisa F., Ehrlich, André, Mazzola, Mauro, Pilz, Christian, Shupe, Matthew D., Siebert, Holger, and Wendisch, Manfred. Wed .
"Tethered balloon-borne observations of thermal-infrared irradiance and cooling rate profiles in the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer". United States. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-1961-2024. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2322383.
@article{osti_2322383,
title = {Tethered balloon-borne observations of thermal-infrared irradiance and cooling rate profiles in the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer},
author = {Lonardi, Michael and Akansu, Elisa F. and Ehrlich, André and Mazzola, Mauro and Pilz, Christian and Shupe, Matthew D. and Siebert, Holger and Wendisch, Manfred},
abstractNote = {Clouds play an important role in controlling the radiative energy budget of the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer. To quantify the impact of clouds on the radiative heating or cooling of the lower atmosphere and of the surface, vertical profile observations of thermal-infrared irradiances were collected using a radiation measurement system carried by a tethered balloon. We present 70 profiles of thermal-infrared radiative quantities measured in summer 2020 during the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition and in autumn 2021 and spring 2022 in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. Measurements are classified into four groups: cloudless, low-level liquid-bearing cloud, elevated liquid-bearing cloud, and elevated ice cloud. Cloudless cases display an average radiative cooling rate of about —2 K d—1 throughout the atmospheric boundary layer. Instead, low-level liquid-bearing clouds are characterized by a radiative cooling up to —80 K d—1 within a shallow layer at cloud top, while no temperature tendencies are identified underneath the cloud layer. Radiative transfer simulations are performed to quantify the sensitivity of radiative cooling rates to cloud microphysical properties. In particular, cloud top cooling is strongly driven by the liquid water path, especially in optically thin clouds, while for optically thick clouds the cloud droplet number concentration has an increased influence. Additional radiative transfer simulations are used to demonstrate the enhanced radiative importance of the liquid relative to ice clouds. To analyze the temporal evolution of thermal-infrared radiation profiles during the transitions from a cloudy to a cloudless atmosphere, a respective case study is investigated.},
doi = {10.5194/acp-24-1961-2024},
journal = {Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Online)},
number = 3,
volume = 24,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 14 00:00:00 EST 2024},
month = {Wed Feb 14 00:00:00 EST 2024}
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