In situ observations of supercooled liquid water clouds over Dome C, Antarctica by balloon-borne sondes

• Main Authors: Ricaud, Philippe, Durand, Pierre, Grigioni, Paolo, Guasta, Massimo, Camporeale, Giuseppe, Roy, Axel, Attié, Jean-Luc, Bognar, John
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Antarctic; Concordia Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2024-8; https://amt.copernicus.org/preprints/amt-2024-8/

Clouds in Antarctica are key elements that affect radiative forcing and thus Antarctic climate evolution. Although the vast majority of clouds are composed of ice crystals, a non-negligible fraction is constituted of supercooled liquid water (SLW, water held in liquid form below 0 °C). Numer...