Cloud characteristics, thermodynamic controls and radiative impacts during the Observations and Modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5) experiment

S. E. Giangrande; Z. Feng; M. P. Jensen; J. M. Comstock; K. L. Johnson; T. Toto; M. Wang; C. Burleyson; N. Bharadwaj; F. Mei; L. A. T. Machado; A. O. Manzi; S. Xie; S. Tang; M. A. F. Silva Dias; R. A. F. de Souza; C. Schumacher; S. T. Martin

doi:10.5194/acp-17-14519-2017

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Dec 2017)

Cloud characteristics, thermodynamic controls and radiative impacts during the Observations and Modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5) experiment

S. E. Giangrande,
Z. Feng,
M. P. Jensen,
J. M. Comstock,
K. L. Johnson,
T. Toto,
M. Wang,
C. Burleyson,
N. Bharadwaj,
F. Mei,
L. A. T. Machado,
A. O. Manzi,
S. Xie,
S. Tang,
M. A. F. Silva Dias,
R. A. F. de Souza,
C. Schumacher,
S. T. Martin

Affiliations

S. E. Giangrande: Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
Z. Feng: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
M. P. Jensen: Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
J. M. Comstock: Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
K. L. Johnson: Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
T. Toto: Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
M. Wang: Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
C. Burleyson: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
N. Bharadwaj: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
F. Mei: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
L. A. T. Machado: National Institute for Space Research, São José dos Campos, Brazil
A. O. Manzi: National Institute of Amazonian Research, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
S. Xie: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA
S. Tang: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA
M. A. F. Silva Dias: University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Brazil
R. A. F. de Souza: State University of Amazonas (UEA), Meteorology, Manaus, Brazil
C. Schumacher: Texas A&M University, College Station, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, TX, USA
S. T. Martin: Harvard University, Cambridge, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, MA, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-14519-2017
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17
pp. 14519 – 14541

Abstract

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Routine cloud, precipitation and thermodynamic observations collected by the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Mobile Facility (AMF) and Aerial Facility (AAF) during the 2-year US Department of Energy (DOE) ARM Observations and Modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5) campaign are summarized. These observations quantify the diurnal to large-scale thermodynamic regime controls on the clouds and precipitation over the undersampled, climatically important Amazon basin region. The extended ground deployment of cloud-profiling instrumentation enabled a unique look at multiple cloud regimes at high temporal and vertical resolution. This longer-term ground deployment, coupled with two short-term aircraft intensive observing periods, allowed new opportunities to better characterize cloud and thermodynamic observational constraints as well as cloud radiative impacts for modeling efforts within typical Amazon wet and dry seasons.

Published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

ISSN: 1680-7316 (Print); 1680-7324 (Online)
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
Country of publisher: Germany
LCC subjects: Science: Physics; Science: Chemistry
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