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DOI10.1029/2018GL079345
High Depolarization Ratios of Naturally Occurring Cirrus Clouds Near Air Traffic Regions Over Europe
Urbanek, Benedikt1; Gross, Silke1; Wirth, Martin1; Rolf, Christian2; Kraemer, Martina2; Voigt, Christiane1
2018-12-16
发表期刊GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
ISSN0094-8276
EISSN1944-8007
出版年2018
卷号45期号:23页码:13166-13172
文章类型Article
语种英语
国家Germany
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Cirrus clouds have a large influence on the Earth's climate and anthropogenic activities such as aviation can alter their properties. Besides the formation of contrails, indirect effects on naturally occurring cirrus like increased heterogeneous freezing due to exhaust soot particles are discussed in the literature. However, hardly any observational study exists. In this work we present cirrus optical properties measured by an airborne lidar over Europe during the Midlatitude Cirrus experiment (ML-CIRRUS). One half of the cloud cases showed elevated depolarization ratios with a mode difference of 10 percentage points indicating differences in the clouds microphysical properties. Their origin can be traced back to highly frequented air traffic regions, and they show lower in-cloud ice supersaturations. Our analysis reveals no influence of embedded contrails and temperature. These results could be explained by an indirect aerosol effect where heterogeneous freezing is caused by aviation exhaust particles.


Plain Language Summary Civil airplanes emit exhaust gases and soot into the atmosphere, which can influence the Earth's climate in several ways. One possibility could be that emitted soot particles alter the formation of ice clouds, which has a potentially high climate impact. However, observational studies of this process are sparse. In this work we present ice clouds measured above Europe by an airborne remote sensing instrument. One group of clouds features elevated depolarization ratios implying altered crystal habits. It also shows lower ice supersaturation indicating a modified ice formation. We demonstrate that this is not caused by condensation trails present inside the clouds, by temperature, or by the dynamical state of the atmosphere. However, these clouds had formed in air that stemmed from highly frequented aviation corridors. Thus, our observations could be the first traces of this indirect process.


领域气候变化
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000454296600058
WOS关键词LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION ; MIDLATITUDE CIRRUS ; ICE ; CONTRAIL ; CLASSIFICATION ; PARTICLES ; AEROSOLS ; IMPACT ; WATER ; SHAPE
WOS类目Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向Geology
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条目标识符http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/27720
专题气候变化
作者单位1.Deutsch Zentrum Luft & Raumfahrt eV, Inst Phys Atmosphare, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany;
2.Forschungszentrum Julich, Inst Energie & Klimaforsch IEK 7, Julich, Germany
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Urbanek, Benedikt,Gross, Silke,Wirth, Martin,et al. High Depolarization Ratios of Naturally Occurring Cirrus Clouds Near Air Traffic Regions Over Europe[J]. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2018,45(23):13166-13172.
APA Urbanek, Benedikt,Gross, Silke,Wirth, Martin,Rolf, Christian,Kraemer, Martina,&Voigt, Christiane.(2018).High Depolarization Ratios of Naturally Occurring Cirrus Clouds Near Air Traffic Regions Over Europe.GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,45(23),13166-13172.
MLA Urbanek, Benedikt,et al."High Depolarization Ratios of Naturally Occurring Cirrus Clouds Near Air Traffic Regions Over Europe".GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 45.23(2018):13166-13172.
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