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: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Sodankylä; Northern Finland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-13551-2022; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00062863; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00062029/acp-22-13551-2022.pdf; https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/22/13551/2022/acp-22-13551-2022.pdf

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. They...