Ultrathin Tropical Tropopause Clouds (UTTCs): I. Cloud morphology and occurrence
Anno: 2003
Autori: Peter T., Luo BP., Wernli H., Wirth M., Kiemle C., Flentje H., Yushkov VA., Khattatov V., Rudakov V., Thomas A., Borrmann S., Toci G., Mazzinghi P., Beuermann J., Schiller C., Cairo F., Di Donfrancesco G., Adriani A., Volk CM., Strom J., Noone K., Mitev V., MacKenzie RA., Carslaw KS., Trautmann T., Santacesaria V., Stefanutti L.
Affiliazione autori: Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland;
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany;
Central Aerological Observatory, Moscow, Russia;
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, University of Mainz, Germany;
Quantum Electronics Institute National Research Council (IEQ-CNR) Florence, Italy;
Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata, Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, Italy;
Institute I: Stratosphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany;
Institute for Atmospheric Science and Climate, CNR, Roma, Italy;
ENEA Casaccia, Rome, Italy;
Institut fr Meteorologie und Geophysik, Universität Frankfurt, Germany;
Institute of Applied Environmental Research, Stockholm University, Sweden;
Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Sweden;
Observatoire Cantonal, Neuchâtel, Switzerland;
Environmental Science Department, Lancaster University, UK;
School of the Environmental, University of Leeds, UK;
Institute of Meteorology, University of Leipzig, Germany;
IROE – CNR Nello Carrara, Firenze, Italy;
Geophysica-GEIE – CNR, Firenze, Italy
Abstract: Subvisible cirrus clouds (SVCs) may contribute to dehydration close to the tropical tropopause. The higher and colder SVCs and the larger their ice crystals, the more likely they represent the last efficient point of contact of the gas phase with the ice phase and, hence, the last dehydrating step, before the air enters the stratosphere. The first simultaneous in situ and remote sensing measurements of SVCs were taken during the APE-THESEO campaign in the western Indian ocean in February/March 1999. The observed clouds, termed Ultrathin Tropical Tropopause Clouds (UTTCs), belong to the geometrically and optically thinnest large-scale clouds in the Earth
Giornale/Rivista: ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS (PRINT)
Volume: 3 Da Pagina: 1083 A: 1091
Parole chiavi: Upper Tropopause; Polar Stratospheric clouds; Cirrus clouds; Dehydration; ScatteringDOI: 10.5194/acp-3-1083-2003Citazioni: 62dati da “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) aggiornati al: 2024-05-12Riferimenti tratti da Isi Web of Knowledge: (solo abbonati) Link per visualizzare la scheda su IsiWeb: Clicca quiLink per visualizzare la citazioni su IsiWeb: Clicca qui