Ground-based observations of cloud and drizzle liquid water path in stratocumulus clouds

Cadeddu, Maria P.; Ghate, Virendra P.; Mech, Mario

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1485-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1485-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1485-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 3

Research article

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31 Mar 2020

Research article |

| 31 Mar 2020

Ground-based observations of cloud and drizzle liquid water path in stratocumulus clouds

Maria P. Cadeddu, Virendra P. Ghate, and Mario Mech

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Final revised paper (published on 31 Mar 2020)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Dec 2019
- AC1: 'Responses to RC1 (referee #2)', Maria Cadeddu, 30 Jan 2020
RC2: 'Review for "Ground-based Observations of Cloud and Drizzle Liquid Water Path in Stratocumulus Clouds"', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Dec 2019
- AC2: 'Responses to RC2 (referee #1)', Maria Cadeddu, 30 Jan 2020
RC3: 'Review for amt-2019-346', Anonymous Referee #3, 20 Dec 2019
- AC3: 'Responses to RC3 (referee #3)', Maria Cadeddu, 30 Jan 2020

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

AR by Maria Cadeddu on behalf of the Authors (30 Jan 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (07 Feb 2020) by Wiebke Frey

AR by Maria Cadeddu on behalf of the Authors (17 Feb 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (17 Feb 2020) by Wiebke Frey

AR by Maria Cadeddu on behalf of the Authors (20 Feb 2020)

Short summary

A combination of ground-based active and passive observations is used to partition cloud and precipitation liquid water path in precipitating stratocumulous clouds. Results show that neglecting scattering effects from drizzle drops leads to 8–15 % overestimation of the liquid amount in the cloud. In closed-cell systems only ~20 % of the available drizzle in the cloud falls below the cloud base, compared to ~40 % in open-cell systems.