Cloud phase and macrophysical properties over the Southern Ocean during the MARCUS field campaign

Xi, Baike; Dong, Xiquan; Zheng, Xiaojian; Wu, Peng

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-3761-2022

Articles | Volume 15, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-3761-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-3761-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 12

Research article

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23 Jun 2022

Research article |

| 23 Jun 2022

Cloud phase and macrophysical properties over the Southern Ocean during the MARCUS field campaign

Baike Xi, Xiquan Dong, Xiaojian Zheng, and Peng Wu

Data sets

MARCUS data DOE ARM https://adc.arm.gov/discovery/

Short summary

This study develops an innovative method to determine the cloud phases over the Southern Ocean (SO) using the combination of radar and lidar measurements during the ship-based field campaign of MARCUS. Results from our study show that the low-level, deep, and shallow cumuli are dominant, and the mixed-phase clouds occur more than single phases over the SO. The mixed-phase cloud properties are similar to liquid-phase (ice-phase) clouds in the midlatitudes (polar) region of the SO.