Explaining darker deep convective clouds over the western Pacific than over tropical continental convective regions

Sohn, B.-J.; Choi, M.-J.; Ryu, J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-4573-2015

Articles | Volume 8, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-4573-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-4573-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 11

Research article

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02 Nov 2015

Research article |

| 02 Nov 2015

Explaining darker deep convective clouds over the western Pacific than over tropical continental convective regions

B.-J. Sohn, M.-J. Choi, and J. Ryu

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Final revised paper (published on 02 Nov 2015)
Preprint (discussion started on 04 Mar 2015)

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RC C627: 'Referee Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Apr 2015
- RC C1097: 'Accepted', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 May 2015
- AC C2428: 'Response to Review 2', B.J. Sohn, 05 Aug 2015

Short summary

This study attempted to explain why deep convective clouds (DCCs) over the western Pacific are generally darker than those found over tropical African and South American land regions over the tropics. It was noted that smaller ice water path of the DCC over the western Pacific is mainly responsible for smaller reflectivity there. Findings further suggest how DCC criteria are set up for selecting the targets for the solar channel calibration.