Assessment of horizontally oriented ice crystals with a combination of multiangle polarization lidar and cloud Doppler radar

Wu, Zhaolong; Seifert, Patric; He, Yun; Baars, Holger; Li, Haoran; Jimenez, Cristofer; Li, Chengcai; Ansmann, Albert

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-3611-2025

Articles | Volume 18, issue 15

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-3611-2025

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-3611-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 15

Research article

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04 Aug 2025

Research article |

| 04 Aug 2025

Assessment of horizontally oriented ice crystals with a combination of multiangle polarization lidar and cloud Doppler radar

Zhaolong Wu, Patric Seifert, Yun He, Holger Baars, Haoran Li, Cristofer Jimenez, Chengcai Li, and Albert Ansmann

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RC1:
'Comment on egusphere-2024-3841', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Mar 2025

Please see the attached document.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3841-RC1
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Zhaolong Wu, 13 May 2025
  
  Dear Editor,
  Please find attached our detailed response to the referee’s comments. We have addressed all comments carefully and made the necessary revisions.
  We sincerely thank the referees for their constructive feedback, which helped improve the quality of our manuscript.
  Kind regards,
  
  Zhaolong Wu
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3841-AC1
RC2:
'Comment on egusphere-2024-3841', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Mar 2025

The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2025/egusphere-2024-3841/egusphere-2024-3841-RC2-supplement.pdf

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3841-RC2
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Zhaolong Wu, 13 May 2025
  
  Dear Editor,
  
  Please find attached our detailed response to the referee’s comments. We have addressed all comments carefully and made the necessary revisions.
  
  We sincerely thank the referees for their constructive feedback, which helped improve the quality of our manuscript.
  
  Kind regards,
  
  Zhaolong Wu
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3841-AC2

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload

AR by Zhaolong Wu on behalf of the Authors (13 May 2025) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (14 May 2025) by Vassilis Amiridis

AR by Zhaolong Wu on behalf of the Authors (14 May 2025)

Short summary

This study introduces a novel method to detect horizontally oriented ice crystals (HOICs) using two ground-based polarization lidars at different zenith angles, based on a yearlong dataset collected in Beijing. Combined with cloud radar and reanalysis data, the fine categorization results reveal HOICs occur in calm winds and moderately cold temperatures and are influenced by turbulence near cloud bases. The results enhance our understanding of cloud processes and improve atmospheric models.