Widespread polar stratospheric ice clouds in the 2015-2016 Arctic winter - implications for ice nucleation

Voigt, Christiane and Dörnbrack, Andreas and Wirth, Martin and Groß, Silke Martha and Pitts, Michael and Poole, Lamont and Baumann, Robert and Ehard, Benedikt and Sinnhuber, Björn-Martin and Woiwode, Wolfgang and Oelhaf, Hermann (2018) Widespread polar stratospheric ice clouds in the 2015-2016 Arctic winter - implications for ice nucleation. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP), 18 (21), pp. 15623-15641. Copernicus Publications. doi: 10.5194/acp-18-15623-2018. ISSN 1680-7316.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15623-2018

Abstract

The 2015-2016 stratospheric winter was the coldest in the 36-year climatological data record. The extreme conditions promoted the formation of persistent Arctic polar stratospheric ice clouds. An extended ice PSC detected by airborne lidar in January 2016 shows a second mode with higher particle depolarization ratios. Back-trajectories from the high-depol ice matched to CALIOP PSC curtains provide evidence for ice nucleation on NAT. The novel data consolidate our understanding of PSC formation.

Item URL in elib:

https://elib.dlr.de/122606/

Document Type:

Article

Title:

Widespread polar stratospheric ice clouds in the 2015-2016 Arctic winter - implications for ice nucleation

Authors:

Authors	Institution or Email of Authors	Author's ORCID iD	ORCID Put Code
Voigt, Christiane	DLR, IPA	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8925-7731	UNSPECIFIED
Dörnbrack, Andreas	DLR, IPA	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0936-0216	UNSPECIFIED
Wirth, Martin	DLR, IPA	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5951-2252	UNSPECIFIED
Groß, Silke Martha	DLR, IPA	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7467-9269	UNSPECIFIED
Pitts, Michael	NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Poole, Lamont	Science Systems and Applications, Hampton, VA, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Baumann, Robert	DLR, IPA	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6611-5343	UNSPECIFIED
Ehard, Benedikt	DLR, IPA	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0517-8134	UNSPECIFIED
Sinnhuber, Björn-Martin	KIT, Karlsruhe	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Woiwode, Wolfgang	KIT, IMK, Karlsruhe	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Oelhaf, Hermann	KIT, Karlsruhe	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED

Date:

2018

Journal or Publication Title:

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP)

Refereed publication:

Yes

Open Access:

Yes

Gold Open Access:

Yes

In SCOPUS:

Yes

In ISI Web of Science:

Yes

Volume:

DOI:

10.5194/acp-18-15623-2018

Page Range:

pp. 15623-15641

Publisher:

Copernicus Publications

ISSN:

1680-7316

Status:

Published

Keywords:

PSC, polar stratospheric ice clouds, ice nucleation, NAT, Arctic

HGF - Research field:

Aeronautics, Space and Transport

HGF - Program:

Space

HGF - Program Themes:

Earth Observation

DLR - Research area:

Raumfahrt

DLR - Program:

R EO - Earth Observation

DLR - Research theme (Project):

R - Project Climatic relevance of atmospheric tracer gases, aerosols and clouds

Location:

Oberpfaffenhofen

Institutes and Institutions:

Institute of Atmospheric Physics > Cloud Physics
Institute of Atmospheric Physics > Lidar
Institute of Atmospheric Physics > Atmospheric Trace Species

Deposited By:

Voigt, Dr.rer.nat. Christiane

Deposited On:

07 Nov 2018 13:03

Last Modified:

03 Nov 2023 11:06

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