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Τύπος: | Άρθρο σε επιστημονικό περιοδικό |
Τίτλος: | Geometrical and microphysical properties of clouds formed in the presence of dust above the eastern Mediterranean |
Συγγραφέας: | [EL] Μαρίνου, Ελένη[EN] Marinou, Eleni [EL] Βουδούρη, Καλλιόπη-Άρτεμις[EN] Voudouri, Kalliopi-Artemis [EL] Τσικουδή, Ιωάννα[EN] Tsikoudi, Ioanna [EL] Δρακάκη, Ελένη[EN] Drakaki, Eleni [EL] Τσέκερη, Αλεξάνδρα[EN] Tsekeri, Alexandra [IT] Rosoldi, Marco [EN] Ene, Dragos [DE] Baars, Holger [EN] O'Connor, Ewan James [EL] Αμοιρίδης, Βασίλειος[EN] Amiridis, Vasilios [EL] Μελέτη, Χαρίκλεια[EN] Meleti, Charickleia |
Ημερομηνία: | 09/12/2021 |
Περίληψη: | In this work, collocated lidar–radar observations are used to retrieve the vertical profiles of cloud properties above the Eastern Mediterranean. Measurements were performed in the framework of the PRE-TECT experiment during April 2017 at the Greek atmospheric observatory of Finokalia, Crete. Cloud geometrical and microphysical properties at different altitudes were derived using the Cloudnet target classification algorithm. We found that the variable atmospheric conditions that prevailed above the region during April 2017 resulted in complex cloud structures. Mid-level clouds were observed in 38% of the cases, high or convective clouds in 58% of the cases, and low-level clouds in 2% of the cases. From the observations of cloudy profiles, pure ice phase occurred in 94% of the cases, mixed-phase clouds were observed in 27% of the cases, and liquid clouds were observed in 8.7% of the cases, while Drizzle or rain occurred in 12% of the cases. The significant presence of Mixed-Phase Clouds was observed in all the clouds formed at the top of a dust layer, with three times higher abundance than the mean conditions (26% abundance at −15 °C). The low-level clouds were formed in the presence of sea salt and continental particles with ice abundance below 30%. The derived statistics on clouds’ high-resolution vertical distributions and thermodynamic phase can be combined with Cloudnet cloud products and lidar-retrieved aerosol properties to study aerosol-cloud interactions in this understudied region and evaluate microphysics parameterizations in numerical weather prediction and global climate models. |
Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
Σελίδες: | 21 |
DOI: | 10.3390/rs13245001 |
EISSN: | 2072-4292 |
Θεματική κατηγορία: | [EL] Επιστήμες περιβάλλοντος[EN] Environmental Sciences |
Λέξεις-κλειδιά: | clouds; aerosols; aerosol-cloud interactions; cloud properties; Cloudnet target classification algorithm; synergistic use of lidar/radar |
Κάτοχος πνευματικών δικαιωμάτων: | © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. |
Όροι και προϋποθέσεις δικαιωμάτων: | This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/) |
Ηλεκτρονική διεύθυνση του τεκμηρίου στον εκδότη: | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/24/5001 |
Ηλεκτρονική διεύθυνση περιοδικού: | https://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing |
Τίτλος πηγής δημοσίευσης: | Remote Sensing |
Τεύχος: | 24 |
Τόμος: | 13 |
Σελίδες τεκμηρίου (στην πηγή): | Article no 5001 |
Σημειώσεις: | This research was funded by Greece and the European Union (European Social FundESF) through the Operational Program «Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning 2014–2020» in the context of the project “MANAM” (MIS 5047913). |
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