Cloud macro-physical properties in Saharan-dust-laden and dust-free North Atlantic trade wind regimes: a lidar case study

This study concentrates on airborne lidar measurements conducted during the NARVAL field experiments over the western subtropical North Atlantic Ocean to study differences between shallow marine cloud macro-physical properties (i.e. cloud fraction, cloud top height, cloud length, cloud gap length) i...

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Published in:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Main Authors: Gutleben, Manuel, Groß, Silke Martha, Wirth, Martin
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
Subjects:
Lidar
North Atlantic
narval
Online Access:https://elib.dlr.de/128881/
https://elib.dlr.de/128881/1/acp-19-10659-2019.pdf
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-10659-2019
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Summary:This study concentrates on airborne lidar measurements conducted during the NARVAL field experiments over the western subtropical North Atlantic Ocean to study differences between shallow marine cloud macro-physical properties (i.e. cloud fraction, cloud top height, cloud length, cloud gap length) in Saharan-dust-laden and dust-free trade wind regions. Cloud top heights, cloud fractions and cloud lengths are found to be lower and smaller in Saharan-dust-laden compared to dust-free regions.

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