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The structure of turbulence and mixed-phase cloud microphysics in a highly supercooled altocumulus cloud
Ist Teil von
Atmospheric chemistry and physics, 2020-02, Vol.20 (4), p.1921-1939
Ort / Verlag
Katlenburg-Lindau: Copernicus GmbH
Erscheinungsjahr
2020
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EZB Electronic Journals Library
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Observations of vertically resolved turbulence and cloud microphysics in a mixed-phase altocumulus cloud are presented using in situ measurements from an instrumented aircraft. The turbulence spectrum is observed to have an increasingly negative skewness with distance below cloud top, suggesting that long-wave radiative cooling from the liquid cloud layer is an important source of turbulence kinetic energy. Turbulence measurements are presented from both the liquid cloud layer and ice virga below. Vertical profiles of both bulk and microphysical liquid and ice cloud properties indicate that ice is produced within the liquid layer cloud at a temperature of −30 ∘C. These high-resolution in situ measurements support previous remotely sensed observations from both ground-based and space-borne instruments and could be used to evaluate numerical model simulations of altocumulus clouds at spatial scales from eddy-resolving models to global numerical weather prediction models and climate simulations.