Ice crystal shape effects on solar radiative properties of Arctic mixed-phase clouds—Dependence on microphysical properties |
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| Authors: | Andr Ehrlich Manfred Wendisch Eike Bierwirth Andreas Herber Alfons Schwarzenbck |
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| Institution: | aLeibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research (IfT), Permoser Str. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany;bAlfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Columbusstrasse, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany;cLaboratoire de Météorologie Physique (LAMP), Université Blaise Pascal, Avenue des Landais 24, 63177 AUBIÈRE Cedex, France |
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| Abstract: | Based on 1-year cloud measurements with radar and microwave radiometer broadband solar radiative transfer simulations were performed to quantify the impact of different ice crystal shapes of Arctic mixed-phase clouds on their radiative properties (reflectance, transmittance and absorptance). The ice crystal shape effects were investigated as a function of microphysical cloud properties (ice volume fraction fi, ice and liquid water content IWC and LWC, mean particle diameter DmI and DmW of ice/water particle number size distributions, NSDs).The required NSDs were statistically derived from radar data. The NSD was composed of a liquid and a solid mode defined by LWC, DmW (water mode) and IWC, DmI (ice mode). It was found that the ratio of DmI and DmW determines the magnitude of the shape effect. For mixed-phase clouds with DmI ≤ 27 μm a significant shape effect was obtained. The shape effect was almost insensitive with regard to the solar zenith angle, but highly sensitive to the ice volume fraction of the mixed-phase cloud. For mixed-phase clouds containing small ice crystals (DmI ≤ 27 μm) and high ice volume fractions (fi > 0.5) crystal shape is crucial. The largest shape effects were observed assuming aggregates and columns. If the IWC was conserved the shape effect reaches values up to 0.23 in cloud reflectance and transmittance. If the ice mode NSD was kept constant only a small shape effect was quantified (≤ 0.04). |
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| Keywords: | Solar radiation Arctic Crystal habit Mixed-phase Clouds |
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