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https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-201
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-201
28 Jan 2025
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Airborne observations of cloud properties during their evolution from organized streets to isotropic cloud structures along an Arctic cold air outbreak

Marcus Klingebiel, André Ehrlich, Micha Gryschka, Nils Risse, Nina Maherndl, Imke Schirmacher, Sophie Rosenburg, Sabine Hörnig, Manuel Moser, Evelyn JÀkel, Michael SchÀfer, Hartwig Deneke, Mario Mech, Christiane Voigt, and Manfred Wendisch

Abstract. This case study explores the evolution of clouds during an Arctic cold air outbreak in the Fram Strait region observed during the HALO-(𝒜𝒞)3 aircraft campaign. Our research provides information about the formation, structure, micro- and macrophysical properties, radiative effects and investigates the role of vertical wind shear and buoyancy forces in the transition from regular cloud streets to rather isotropic cloud patterns. Our findings show that lower horizontal boundary layer wind speeds (< 12 m s-1) disrupt the formation of cloud streets, leading to more isotropic cloud patterns, characterized by increasing cloud fraction (from 0.73 to 0.84), cloud top height (from 330 m to 390 m), and quantify the increase of liquid water path as well. In addition, we observe an increase of the number concentration of ice crystals in a size range between 100 µm and 1000 µm and notable riming processes within organized cloud streets. Concurrent radiation measurements in our case study reveal that isotropic cloud patterns can exhibit either low or high albedo as well as low or high Fnet,TIR, suggesting that these patterns represent different developing stages.

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04 Sep 2025
Airborne observations of cloud properties during their evolution from organized streets to isotropic cloud structures along an Arctic cold-air outbreak
Marcus Klingebiel, André Ehrlich, Micha Gryschka, Nils Risse, Nina Maherndl, Imke Schirmacher, Sophie Rosenburg, Sabine Hörnig, Manuel Moser, Evelyn JÀkel, Michael SchÀfer, Hartwig Deneke, Mario Mech, Christiane Voigt, and Manfred Wendisch
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 9787–9801, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-9787-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-9787-2025, 2025
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Marcus Klingebiel, André Ehrlich, Micha Gryschka, Nils Risse, Nina Maherndl, Imke Schirmacher, Sophie Rosenburg, Sabine Hörnig, Manuel Moser, Evelyn JÀkel, Michael SchÀfer, Hartwig Deneke, Mario Mech, Christiane Voigt, and Manfred Wendisch

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  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-201', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Feb 2025
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-201', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Feb 2025
  • AC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-201', Marcus Klingebiel, 20 May 2025

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-201', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Feb 2025
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-201', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Feb 2025
  • AC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-201', Marcus Klingebiel, 20 May 2025

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Marcus Klingebiel on behalf of the Authors (20 May 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (25 May 2025) by Greg McFarquhar
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (25 May 2025)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (07 Jun 2025)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (07 Jun 2025) by Greg McFarquhar
AR by Marcus Klingebiel on behalf of the Authors (11 Jun 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (11 Jun 2025) by Greg McFarquhar
AR by Marcus Klingebiel on behalf of the Authors (19 Jun 2025)  Author's response   Manuscript 

Journal article(s) based on this preprint

04 Sep 2025
Airborne observations of cloud properties during their evolution from organized streets to isotropic cloud structures along an Arctic cold-air outbreak
Marcus Klingebiel, André Ehrlich, Micha Gryschka, Nils Risse, Nina Maherndl, Imke Schirmacher, Sophie Rosenburg, Sabine Hörnig, Manuel Moser, Evelyn JÀkel, Michael SchÀfer, Hartwig Deneke, Mario Mech, Christiane Voigt, and Manfred Wendisch
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 9787–9801, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-9787-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-9787-2025, 2025
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Marcus Klingebiel, André Ehrlich, Micha Gryschka, Nils Risse, Nina Maherndl, Imke Schirmacher, Sophie Rosenburg, Sabine Hörnig, Manuel Moser, Evelyn JÀkel, Michael SchÀfer, Hartwig Deneke, Mario Mech, Christiane Voigt, and Manfred Wendisch
Marcus Klingebiel, André Ehrlich, Micha Gryschka, Nils Risse, Nina Maherndl, Imke Schirmacher, Sophie Rosenburg, Sabine Hörnig, Manuel Moser, Evelyn JÀkel, Michael SchÀfer, Hartwig Deneke, Mario Mech, Christiane Voigt, and Manfred Wendisch

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Our study is using aircraft measurements from the HALO-(𝒜𝒞)³ campaign to investigate the transition from organized Arctic cloud street structures to more scattered cloud shapes. We show that lower wind speeds cause this transition. In addition we look at the changes of the cloud coverage, the height of the clouds, the cloud particles and the radiative properties.
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