Articles | Volume 19, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-2197-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-2197-2026
Research article
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01 Apr 2026
Research article |  | 01 Apr 2026

Cloud liquid water path detectability and retrieval accuracy from airborne passive microwave observations over Arctic sea ice

Nils Risse, Mario Mech, Catherine Prigent, Joshua J. Müller, and Susanne Crewell

Data sets

Data related to: Cloud liquid water path detectability and retrieval accuracy from airborne passive microwave observations over Arctic sea ice Nils Risse https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15848709

Unified Airborne Active and Passive Microwave Measurements over Arctic Sea Ice and Ocean during the HALO-(AC)³ Campaign in Spring 2022 (v2.7) Henning Dorff et al. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.974108

Aircraft measurements of backscatter ratio, particle depolarization and water vapour molecular density profiles over Arctic sea ice and ocean during the HALO-(AC)³ campaign in spring 2022 Martin Wirth and Silke Groß https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.967086

One-dimensional cloud-top or surface brightness temperature with 20 Hz temporal resolution derived at flight altitude from VELOX-KT19 during the HALO-(AC)³ field campaign Michael Schäfer et al. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.967378

Two-dimensional cloud-top and surface brightness temperature at spectral band BT3 (10.74 +/- 0.39 μm) with 1 Hz temporal resolution derived at flight altitude from VELOX during the HALO-(AC)³ field campaign Michael Schäfer et al. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.963382

Spectral radiance measurements with the hyperspectral and polarized imaging system specMACS during the HALO-(AC)3 field campaign Anna Weber et al. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.966992

Dropsonde measurements from HALO and POLAR 5 during HALO-(AC)³ in 2022 Geet George et al. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.968891

Complete ERA5 from 1940: Fifth generation of ECMWF atmospheric reanalyses of the global climate H. Herbsach et al. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.143582cf

ERA5 hourly data on single levels from 1940 to present H. Herbsach et al. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.adbb2d47

GPM SSMIS on F16 Common Calibrated Brightness Temperatures L1C 1.5 hours 12 km V07 Wesley Berg https://doi.org/10.5067/GPM/SSMIS/F16/1C/07

Aerial maps of Arctic surface skin temperature and surface type during the HALO-(AC) 3 campaign in March/April 2022 J. Müller et al. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.974454

Model code and software

nrisse/si-clouds: Code related to: Cloud liquid water path detectability and retrieval accuracy from airborne passive microwave observations over Arctic sea ice Nils Risse https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18237101

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Short summary
Clouds play a crucial role in the Arctic climate system, particularly cloud liquid water droplets. However, there is currently a measurement gap for cloud liquid water over sea ice. We present a method to estimate cloud liquid water over Arctic sea ice using airborne passive microwave observations from the HALO-(𝒜𝒞)3 campaign. Evaluation with other airborne sensors highlights both the limitations and potential of the retrieval. This approach is promising for future applications to satellites.
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