An assessment of tropopause characteristics of the ERA5 and ERA-Interim meteorological reanalyses

L Hoffmann, R Spang - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2022‏ - acp.copernicus.org
The tropopause layer plays a key role in manifold processes in atmospheric chemistry and
physics. Here we compare the representation and characteristics of the lapse rate …

Warming climate‐induced changes in cloud vertical distribution possibly exacerbate intra‐atmospheric heating over the Tibetan Plateau

Y Zhao, J Li, Y Wang, W Zhang… - Geophysical Research …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The complex and diverse cloud vertical distribution (CVD) largely impacts radiative and
precipitation properties of clouds. Using 10‐year active satellite observations, we classified …

Diurnal cycles of cloud cover and its vertical distribution over the Tibetan Plateau revealed by satellite observations, reanalysis datasets and CMIP6 outputs

Y Zhao, J Li, L Zhang, C Deng, Y Li… - Atmospheric …, 2022‏ - acp.copernicus.org
Diurnal variations of cloud cover and cloud vertical distribution are of great importance to
earth-atmosphere system radiative budgets and climate change. However, thus far, these …

Properties of Cirrus Cloud Observed over Koror, Palau (7.3° N, 134.5° E), in Tropical Western Pacific Region

X Sun, C Ritter, K Müller, M Palm, D Ji, W Ruhe… - Remote Sensing, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
This study presented an analysis of the geometric and optical properties of cirrus clouds with
data produced by Compact Cloud-Aerosol Lidar (ComCAL) over Koror, Palau (7.3° N …

Evaluation of CESM1 (WACCM) free-running and specified dynamics atmospheric composition simulations using global multispecies satellite data records

L Froidevaux, DE Kinnison, R Wang… - Atmospheric …, 2019‏ - acp.copernicus.org
We have analyzed near-global stratospheric data (and mesospheric data as well for H 2 O)
in terms of absolute abundances, variability, and trends for O 3, H 2 O, HCl, N 2 O, and HNO …

[HTML][HTML] Variability and trends of the tropical tropopause derived from a 1980–2021 multi-reanalysis assessment

L Zou, L Hoffmann, R Müller, R Spang - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
As the tropopause plays a key role in regulating the entry of air from the troposphere into the
stratosphere and in controlling stratosphere-troposphere exchange, variation of the …

[HTML][HTML] Empirical evidence for deep convection being a major source of stratospheric ice clouds over North America

L Zou, L Hoffmann, S Griessbach… - … chemistry and physics, 2021‏ - acp.copernicus.org
Ice clouds in the lowermost stratosphere affect stratospheric water vapour and the Earth's
radiation budget. The knowledge of its occurrence and driving forces is limited. To assess …

Above-aircraft cirrus cloud and aerosol optical depth from hyperspectral irradiances measured by a total-diffuse radiometer

MS Norgren, J Wood, KS Schmidt… - Atmospheric …, 2021‏ - amt.copernicus.org
This study develops the use of spectral total and diffuse irradiance measurements, made
from a prototype hyperspectral total-diffuse Sunshine Pyranometer (SPN-S), to retrieve layer …

[HTML][HTML] A global view on stratospheric ice clouds: assessment of processes related to their occurrence based on satellite observations

L Zou, S Griessbach, L Hoffmann… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2022‏ - acp.copernicus.org
Ice clouds play an important role in regulating water vapor and influencing the radiative
budget in the atmosphere. This study investigates stratospheric ice clouds (SICs) in the …

Lidar observations of Cirrus clouds at Palau island (7° 33′ N, 134° 48′ E)

F Cairo, M De Muro, M Snels… - Atmospheric …, 2020‏ - acp.copernicus.org
A polarization diversity elastic backscatter lidar has been deployed in the equatorial island
of Palau in February and March 2016, in the framework of the EU Stratoclim project. The …