Clouds at arctic atmospheric observatories. Part II: Thermodynamic phase characteristics

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 645-661

  Shupe, Matthew D ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Cloud water; Clouds; Ice particles; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE SYSTEM; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CLOUD RADAR; CLOUD TEMPERATURE; CLOUD WATER; ICE CLOUDS; ICE PARTICLES; LIQUID CLOUD; LIQUID WATER; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; MIXED-PHASE CLOUD; PHASE CHARACTERISTIC; TEMPERATURE RANGE; WINTER SEASONS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERICS; BUILDINGS; CLOUDS; ICE; MICROWAVE DEVICES; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL RADAR; TEMPERATURE;

LIQUIDS;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLOUD; CLOUD WATER; ICE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALASKA; BARROW; CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; EUREKA; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955009770     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2468.1     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Boudala, F. S., G. A. Isaac, S. Cober, and Q. Fu, 2004: Liquid fraction in stratiform mixed-phase clouds from in situ observations. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 130, 2919-2931.
2. Campbell, J. R., D. L. Hlavka, E. J. Welton, C. J. Flynn, D. D. Turner, J. D. Spinhirne, V. S. Scott, and I. H. Hwang, 2002: Full-time eye-safe cloud and aerosol lidar observations at Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program sites: Instruments and data processing. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 19, 431-442.
3. Comiso, J. C., C. L. Parkinson, R. Gersten, and L. Stock, 2008: Accelerated decline in the Arctic sea ice cover. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L01703, doi:10.1029/2007GL031972.
4. Curry, J. A., F. G. Meyer, L. F. Radke, C. A. Brock, and E. E. Ebert, 1990: Occurrence and characteristics of lower tropospheric ice crystals in the Arctic. Int. J. Climatol., 10, 749-764.
5. Curry, J. A., W. B. Rossow, D. Randall, and J. L. Schramm, 1996: Overview of Arctic cloud and radiation characteristics. J. Climate, 9, 1731-1764.
6. Curry, J. A., J. O. Pinto, T. Benner, and M. Tschudi, 1997: Evolution of the cloudy boundary layer during the autumnal freezing of the Beaufort Sea. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 13 851-13 860.
7. Eloranta, E. W., 2005: High spectral resolution lidar. Lidar: Range-Resolved Optical Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, K. Weitkamp, Ed., Springer-Verlag 143-163.
8. Frisch, A. S., C. W. Fairall, and J. B. Snider, 1995: Measurements of stratus cloud and drizzle parameters in ASTEX with a Ka-band Doppler radar and a microwave radiometer. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 2788-2799.
9. Gayet, J.-F., S. Asano, A. Yamazaki, A. Uchiyama, A. Sinyuk, O. Jourdan, and F. Auriol, 2002: Two case studies of winter continental-type water and mixed-phase stratocumuli over the sea. 1. Microphysical and optical properties. J. Geophys. Res., 107, 4569, doi:10.1029/2001JD001106.
10. Gregory, D., and D. Morris, 1996: The sensitivity of climate simulations to the specification of mixed phase clouds. Climate Dyn., 12, 641-651.
11. Hahn, C. J., S. G. Warren, and J. London, 1995: The effects of moonlight on observation of cloud cover at night and application to cloud climatology. J. Climate, 8, 1429-1446.
12. Harrington, J. Y., and P. Q. Olsson, 2001: On the potential influence of ice nuclei on surface-forced marine stratocumulus cloud dynamics. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 27 473-27 484.
13. Harrington, J. Y., T. Reisen, W. R. Cotton, and S. M. Kreidenweis, 1999: Cloud resolving simulations of Arctic stratus. Part II: Transitionseason clouds. Atmos. Res., 51, 45-75.
14. Heymsfield, A. J., L. M. Miloshevich, A. Slingo, K. Sassen, and D. O'C. Starr, 1991: An observational and theoretical study of highly supercooled altocumulus. J. Atmos. Sci., 48, 923-945.
15. Hobbs, P. V., and A. L. Rangno, 1998: Microstructures of low and middle-level clouds over the Beaufort Sea. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 124, 2035-2071.
16. Hogan, R. J., P. N. Francis, H. Flentje, A. J. Illingworth, M. Quante, and J. Pelon, 2003a: Characteristics of mixedphase clouds. Part I: Lidar, radar, and aircraft observations from CLARE '98. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 129, 2089-2116.
17. Hogan, R. J., A. J. Illingworth, E. J. O'Connor, and J. P. V. Poiares Baptista, 2003b: Characteristics of mixed-phase clouds. Part II: A climatology from ground-based lidar. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 129, 2117-2134.
18. Intrieri, J. M., and M. D. Shupe, 2004: Characteristics and radiative effects of diamond dust over the western Arctic Ocean region. J. Climate, 17, 2953-2960.
19. Intrieri, J. M., and M. D. Shupe, T. Uttal, and B. J. McCarty, 2002: An annual cycle of Arctic cloud characteristics observed by radar and lidar at SHEBA. J. Geophys. Res., 107, 8030, doi:10.1029/2000JC000423.
20. Jiang, H., W. R. Cotton, J. O. Pinto, J. A. Curry, and M. J. Weissbluth, 2000: Cloud resolving simulations of mixed-phase Arctic stratus observed during BASE: Sensitivity to concentration of ice crystals and large-scale heat and moisture advection. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 2105-2117.
21. Kay, J. E., T. L'Ecuyer, A. Gettelman, G. Stephens, and C. O'Dell, 2008: The contribution of cloud and radiation anomalies to the 2007 Arctic sea ice extent minimum. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L08503, doi:10.1029/2008GL033451.
22. Korolev, A. V., G. A. Isaac, S. G. Cober, J. W. Strapp, and J. Hallett, 2003: Microphysical characterization of mixedphase clouds. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 129, 39-55.
23. Lawson, R. P., B. A. Baker, C. G. Schmitt, and T. L. Jensen, 2001: An overview of microphysical properties of Arctic clouds observed in May and July 1998 during FIRE ACE. J. Geophys. Res., 106 (D14), 14 989-15 014.
24. Liljegren, J. C., 1994: Two-channel microwave radiometer for observations of total column precipitable water vapor and cloud liquid water path. Preprints, Fifth Symp. on Global Change Studies, Nashville, TN, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 262-269.
25. Lohmann, U., and J. Feichter, 2005: Global indirect aerosol effects: A review. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 715-737.
26. Marsham, J. H., S. Dobbie, and R. J. Hogan, 2006: Evaluation of a large-eddy model simulation of a mixed-phase altocumulus cloud using microwave radiometer, lidar and Doppler radar data. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 132, 1693-1715.
27. McFarquhar, G. M., and S. G. Cober, 2004: Single-scattering properties of mixed-phase Arctic clouds at solar wavelengths: Impacts on radiative transfer. J. Climate, 17, 3799-3813.
28. McFarquhar, G. M., G. Zhang, M. R. Poellot, G. L. Kok, R. McCoy, T. Tooman, A. Fridlind, and A. J. Heymsfield, 2007: Ice properties of single-layer stratocumulus during the Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment: 1. Observations. J. Geophys. Res., 111, D24201, doi:10.1029/2007JD008633.
29. Miloshevich, L., V. Holger, D. Whiteman, and T. Leblanc, 2009: Accuracy assessment and correction of Vaisala RS92 radiosonde water vapor measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D11305, doi:10.1029/2008JD011565.
30. Moran, K. P., B. E. Martner, M. J. Post, R. A. Kropfli, D. C. Welsh, and K. B. Widener, 1998: An unattended cloud-profiling radar for use in climate research. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 79, 443-455.
31. Morrison, H., M. D. Shupe, and J. A. Curry, 2003: Modeling clouds observed at SHEBA using a bulk microphysics parameterization implemented into a single-column model. J. Geophys. Res., 108, 4255, doi:10.1029/2002JD002229.
32. Perovich, D. K., J. A. Richter-Menge, K. F. Jones, and B. Light, 2008: Sunlight, water, and ice: Extreme Arctic sea ice melt during the summer of 2007. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L11501, doi:10.1029/2008GL034007.
33. Pinto, J. O., 1998: Autumnal mixed-phase cloudy boundary layers in the Arctic. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 2016-2038.
34. Pinto, J. O., J. A. Curry, and J. M. Intrieri, 2001: Cloud-aerosol interactions during autumn over Beaufort Sea. J. Geophys. Res., 106 (D14), 15 077-15 097.
35. Pruppacher, H. R., and J. D. Klett, 1997: Microphysics of Clouds and Precipitation. Kluwer Academic, 954 pp.
36. Rauber, R. M., and L. O. Grant, 1986: The characteristics and distribution of cloud water over the mountains of northern Colorado during winter storms. Part II: Spatial distributions and microphysical characteristics. J. Climate Appl. Meteor., 25, 489-504.
37. Rogers, R. R., and M. K. Yau, 1989: A Short Course in Cloud Physics. Butterworth-Heinemann, 290 pp.
38. Rotstayn, L. D., B. F. Ryan, and J. J. Katzfey, 2000: A scheme for calculation of the liquid fraction in mixed-phase stratiform clouds in large-scale models. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 1070-1088.
39. Sassen, K., 1984: Deep orographic cloud structure and composition derived from comprehensive remote sensing measurements. J. Climate Appl. Meteor., 23, 568-583.
40. Sassen, K., and B. S. Cho, 1992: Subvisual-thin cirrus lidar dataset for satellite verification and climatological research. J. Appl. Meteor., 31, 1275-1285.
41. Shupe, M. D., 2007: A ground-based multisensory cloud phase classifier. Geophys.Res.Lett.,34, L22809, doi:10.1029/2007GL031008.
42. Shupe, M. D., and J. M. Intrieri, 2004: Cloud radiative forcing of the Arctic surface: The influence of cloud properties, surface albedo, and solar zenith angle. J. Climate, 17, 616-628.
43. Shupe, M. D., P. Kollias, S. Y. Matrosov, and T. L. Schneider, 2004: Deriving mixed-phase cloud properties from Doppler radar spectra. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 21, 660-670.
44. Shupe, M. D., T. Uttal, and S. Y. Matrosov, 2005: Arctic cloud microphysics retrievals from surface-based remote sensors at SHEBA. J. Appl. Meteor., 44, 1544-1562.
45. Shupe, M. D., S. Y. Matrosov, and T. Uttal, 2006: Arctic mixed-phase cloud properties derived from surface-based sensors at SHEBA. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 697-711.
46. Shupe, M. D., V. P. Walden, E. Eloranta, T. Uttal, J. R. Campbell, S. M. Starkweather, and M. Shiobara, 2011: Clouds at Arctic atmospheric observatories. Part I: Occurrence and macrophysical properties. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 50, 626-644.
47. Stamnes, K., R. G. Ellingson, J. A. Curry, J. E. Walsh, and B. D. Zak, 1999: Review of science issues, deployment strategy, and status for the ARM North Slope of Alaska-Adjacent Arctic Ocean climate research site. J. Climate, 12, 46-63.
48. Sun, Z., and K. P. Shine, 1994: Studies of the radiative properties of ice and mixed-phase clouds. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 120, 111-137.
49. Stamnes, K., R. G. Ellingson, 1995: Parameterization of ice cloud radiative properties and its application to the potential climatic importance of mixed-phase clouds. J. Climate, 8, 1874-1888.
50. Tjernstrom, M., J. Sedlar, and M. D. Shupe, 2008: How well do regional climate models reproduce radiation and clouds in the Arctic? An evaluation of ARCMIP simulations. J. Climate Appl. Meteor., 47, 2405-2422.
51. Turner, D. D., S. A. Ackerman, B. A. Baum, H. E. Revercomb, and P. Yang, 2003: Cloud phase determination using ground-based AERI observations at SHEBA. J. Appl. Meteor., 42, 701-715.
52. Twomey, S. A., 1977: The influence of pollution on the shortwave albedo of clouds. J. Atmos. Sci., 34, 1149-1152.
53. Uttal, T., and Coauthors, 2002: Surface heat budget of the Arctic Ocean. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 83, 255-275.
54. Vaillancourt, P. A., A. Tremblay, S. G. Cober, and G. A. Isaac, 2003: Comparison of aircraft observations with mixed-phase cloud simulations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 656-671.
55. Verlinde, J., and Coauthors, 2007: The Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment (M-PACE). Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88, 205-220.
56. Vowinkel, E., and S. Orvig, 1970: The climate of the north polar basin. Climates of the Polar Regions, S. Orvig, Ed., World Survey of Climatology, Vol. 14, Elsevier, 129-152.
57. Warren, S. G., C. J. Hahn, J. London, R. M. Chervin, and R. L. Jenne, 1988: Global distribution of total cloud cover and cloud type amounts over the ocean. NCAR Tech. Note NCAR/TN-3171STR, 212 pp.
58. Westwater, E. R., Y. Han, M. D. Shupe, and S. Y. Matrosov, 2001: Analysis of integrated cloud liquid and precipitable water vapor retrievals from microwave radiometers during SHEBA. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 15 099-15 112.
59. Zhang, J., and U. Lohmann, 2003: Sensitivity of single column model simulations of Arctic springtime clouds to different cloud cover and mixed phase cloud parameterization. J. Geophys. Res., 108, 4439, doi:10.1029/2002JD003136.