Determining cloud thermodynamic phase from the  polarized Micro Pulse Lidar

Lewis, Jasper R.; Campbell, James R.; Stewart, Sebastian A.; Tan, Ivy; Welton, Ellsworth J.; Lolli, Simone

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6901-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6901-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6901-2020

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

Articles | Volume 13, issue 12

Research article

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18 Dec 2020

Research article |

| 18 Dec 2020

Determining cloud thermodynamic phase from the polarized Micro Pulse Lidar

Jasper R. Lewis, James R. Campbell, Sebastian A. Stewart, Ivy Tan, Ellsworth J. Welton, and Simone Lolli

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Sep 2020
- AC1: 'RE: RC1 Review', J. R. Lewis, 30 Oct 2020
RC2: 'Determining Cloud Thermodynamic Phase from the Polarized Micropulse Lidar by Jasper Lewis et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Sep 2020
- AC2: 'RE: RC1 Review', J. R. Lewis, 02 Nov 2020

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Short summary

In this work, the authors describe a process to determine the thermodynamic cloud phase using the Micro Pulse Lidar Network volume depolarization ratio measurements and temperature profiles from the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office GEOS-5 model. A multi-year analysis and comparisons to supercooled liquid water fractions derived from CALIPSO satellite measurements are used to demonstrate the efficacy of the method.