Ice particle production in mid-level stratiform mixed-phase clouds observed with collocated A-Train measurements
Abstract
Abstract. Collocated A-Train CloudSat radar and CALIPSO lidar measurements between 2006 and 2010 are analyzed to study primary ice particle production characteristics in mid-level stratiform mixed-phase clouds on a global scale. For similar clouds in terms of cloud top temperature and liquid water path, Northern Hemisphere latitude bands have layer-maximum radar reflectivity (ZL) that is ∼ 1 to 8 dBZ larger than their counterparts in the Southern Hemisphere. The systematically larger ZL under similar cloud conditions suggests larger ice number concentrations in mid-level stratiform mixed-phase clouds over the Northern Hemisphere, which is possibly related to higher background aerosol loadings. Furthermore, we show that springtime northern mid- and high latitudes have ZL that is larger by up to 6 dBZ (a factor of 4 higher ice number concentration) than other seasons, which might be related to more dust events that provide effective ice nucleating particles. Our study suggests that aerosol-dependent ice number concentration parameterizations are required in climate models to improve mixed-phase cloud simulations, especially over the Northern Hemisphere.
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1459710
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- OSTI ID: 1431453
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- BNL-203456-2018-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 1680-7324
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- SC0012704; NNX13AQ41G
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- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Online)
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- Journal Name: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Online) Journal Volume: 18 Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 1680-7324
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- Copernicus Publications, EGU
- Country of Publication:
- Germany
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- English
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- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
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Zhang, Damao, Wang, Zhien, Kollias, Pavlos, Vogelmann, Andrew M., Yang, Kang, and Luo, Tao. Ice particle production in mid-level stratiform mixed-phase clouds observed with collocated A-Train measurements. Germany: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.5194/acp-18-4317-2018.
Zhang, Damao, Wang, Zhien, Kollias, Pavlos, Vogelmann, Andrew M., Yang, Kang, & Luo, Tao. Ice particle production in mid-level stratiform mixed-phase clouds observed with collocated A-Train measurements. Germany. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4317-2018
Zhang, Damao, Wang, Zhien, Kollias, Pavlos, Vogelmann, Andrew M., Yang, Kang, and Luo, Tao. Wed .
"Ice particle production in mid-level stratiform mixed-phase clouds observed with collocated A-Train measurements". Germany. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4317-2018.
@article{osti_1459710,
title = {Ice particle production in mid-level stratiform mixed-phase clouds observed with collocated A-Train measurements},
author = {Zhang, Damao and Wang, Zhien and Kollias, Pavlos and Vogelmann, Andrew M. and Yang, Kang and Luo, Tao},
abstractNote = {Abstract. Collocated A-Train CloudSat radar and CALIPSO lidar measurements between 2006 and 2010 are analyzed to study primary ice particle production characteristics in mid-level stratiform mixed-phase clouds on a global scale. For similar clouds in terms of cloud top temperature and liquid water path, Northern Hemisphere latitude bands have layer-maximum radar reflectivity (ZL) that is ∼ 1 to 8 dBZ larger than their counterparts in the Southern Hemisphere. The systematically larger ZL under similar cloud conditions suggests larger ice number concentrations in mid-level stratiform mixed-phase clouds over the Northern Hemisphere, which is possibly related to higher background aerosol loadings. Furthermore, we show that springtime northern mid- and high latitudes have ZL that is larger by up to 6 dBZ (a factor of 4 higher ice number concentration) than other seasons, which might be related to more dust events that provide effective ice nucleating particles. Our study suggests that aerosol-dependent ice number concentration parameterizations are required in climate models to improve mixed-phase cloud simulations, especially over the Northern Hemisphere.},
doi = {10.5194/acp-18-4317-2018},
journal = {Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Online)},
number = 6,
volume = 18,
place = {Germany},
year = {Wed Mar 28 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Wed Mar 28 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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