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

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Final revised paper (published on 23 Jun 2022)
Preprint (discussion started on 17 Jan 2022)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

RC1:
'Comment on amt-2021-388', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Mar 2022

This manuscript presents a statistical analysis of the macrophysics of the Southern Ocean cloud, which is helpful to advance the understanding of the SO cloud distribution and its characteristics. Even though most of the conclusions are solid, some figures and descriptions need more justifications. I would suggest a major revision of the manuscript before processing it for publication. Detailed comments can be seen in the attached file.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2021-388-RC1
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Baike Xi, 27 Mar 2022
  
  The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://amt.copernicus.org/preprints/amt-2021-388/amt-2021-388-AC1-supplement.pdf
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2021-388-AC1
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'Comment on amt-2021-388', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Mar 2022

The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://amt.copernicus.org/preprints/amt-2021-388/amt-2021-388-RC2-supplement.pdf

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2021-388-RC2
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Baike Xi, 27 Mar 2022
  
  The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://amt.copernicus.org/preprints/amt-2021-388/amt-2021-388-AC2-supplement.pdf
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2021-388-AC2

Peer review completion

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

AR by Baike Xi on behalf of the Authors (27 Mar 2022) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (16 Apr 2022) by Piet Stammes

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (28 Apr 2022)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (10 May 2022)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (11 May 2022) by Piet Stammes

AR by Baike Xi on behalf of the Authors (11 May 2022) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (02 Jun 2022) by Piet Stammes

AR by Baike Xi on behalf of the Authors (06 Jun 2022) Author's response Manuscript

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.