Snowfall in Northern Finland derives mostly from ice clouds

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: Mignani, Claudia, Zimmermann, Lukas, Kivi, Rigel, Berne, Alexis, Conen, Franz
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Sodankylä; Northern Finland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-13551-2022; https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/22/13551/2022/

Clouds and precipitation play a critical role in the Earth's water cycle and energy budget. We present ground-level observations of snowfall coinciding with radiosonde launches in Sodankylä, Finland (67.367 ∘ N, 26.629 ∘ E) through a period of 8 cold months (October–April) in 2019 and 2020. The...