Global spectroscopic survey of cloud thermodynamic phase at high spatial resolution, 2005–2015

Thompson, David R.; Kahn, Brian H.; Green, Robert O.; Chien, Steve A.; Middleton, Elizabeth M.; Tran, Daniel Q.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1019-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1019-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1019-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 2

Research article

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22 Feb 2018

Research article |

| 22 Feb 2018

Global spectroscopic survey of cloud thermodynamic phase at high spatial resolution, 2005–2015

David R. Thompson, Brian H. Kahn, Robert O. Green, Steve A. Chien, Elizabeth M. Middleton, and Daniel Q. Tran

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Final revised paper (published on 22 Feb 2018)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Global Spectroscopic Survey of Cloud Thermodynamic Phase at High Spatial Resolution, 2005-2015 (Review)', Anonymous Referee #3, 08 Nov 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Review', David R. Thompson, 27 Nov 2017
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Nov 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Review', David R. Thompson, 27 Nov 2017
RC3: 'Review (attached)', Anonymous Referee #4, 29 Nov 2017
- AC3: 'Response to Review', David R. Thompson, 06 Dec 2017
RC4: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Dec 2017
- AC4: 'Response to Review', David R. Thompson, 22 Dec 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by David R. Thompson on behalf of the Authors (28 Dec 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (08 Jan 2018) by Alexander Kokhanovsky

AR by David R. Thompson on behalf of the Authors (18 Jan 2018) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

The distribution of ice and liquid particles in clouds (i.e., their thermodynamic phase) has a large impact on Earth's climate. We report a global high spatial resolution survey of cloud phase based on a decade of data from the Hyperion orbital imaging spectrometer. Seasonal and latitudinal trends corroborate observations by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS). Most variance observed at climate model grid scales of 100 km is explained by spatial structure at finer spatial resolutions.