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Cloud-base distribution and cirrus properties based on micropulse lidar measurements at a site in southeastern China |
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| Authors: | Jianjun Liu Zhanqing Li Youfei Zheng Maureen Cribb |
| Institution: | 1. State Laboratory of Earth Surface Process and Resource Ecology and College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China 2. Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20740, USA 3. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China |
| Abstract: | The cloud fraction (CF) and cloud-base heights (CBHs), and cirrus properties, over a site in southeastern China from June 2008 to May 2009, are examined by a ground-based lidar. Results show that clouds occupied the sky 41% of the time. Significant seasonal variations in CF were found with a maximum/minimum during winter/summer and similar magnitudes of CF in spring and autumn. A distinct diurnal cycle in the overall mean CF was seen. Total, daytime, and nighttime annual mean CBHs were 3.05 2.73 km, 2.46 2.08 km, and 3.51 3.07 km, respectively. The lowest/highest CBH occurred around noon/midnight. Cirrus clouds were present ～36.2% of the time at night with the percentage increased in summer and decreased in spring. Annual mean values for cirrus geometrical properties were 8.89 1.65 km, 9.80 1.70 km, 10.73 1.86 km and 1.830.91 km for the base, mid-cloud, top height, and the thickness, respectively. Seasonal variations in cirrus geometrical properties show a maximum/minimum in summer/winter for all cirrus geometrical parameters. The mean cirrus lidar ratio for all cirrus cases in our study was ～2517 sr, with a smooth seasonal trend. The cirrus optical depth ranged from 0.001 to 2.475, with a mean of 0.34 0.33. Sub-visual, thin, and dense cirrus were observed in ～12%, 43%, and 45% of the cases, respectively. More frequent, thicker cirrus clouds occurred in summer than in any other season. The properties of cirrus cloud over the site are compared with other lidar-based retrievals of midlatitude cirrus cloud properties. |
| Keywords: | cloud-base distribution cirrus properties lidar southeastern China |
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