Session 4 – Mixed phase clouds

Oral session:

S4.1 Microphysical cloud properties and cloud probes’ benchmark during the Pallas Cloud Experiments (PaCE).
Konstantinos Doulgeris*1, Ari Leskinen2, Mika Komppula2, David Brus1
1Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland, 2Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland (video; position 0:00)
S4.2 Liquid water content and effective radius retrievals in mixed-phase cloud layers from Cloud radar data based on the forward modeling
Yujun Qiu*1, Tom Choularton2, Jonny Crosier2
1Key Laboratory for Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China, 2Centre for Atmospheric Science, SEAES,University of Manchester, UK (video; position 15:35)
S4.3 Aircraft Observations of Liquid and Ice in Midlatitude Mixed-Phase Clouds
Zhen Zhao*, Heng-chi Lei
Institute of Atmospheric Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (video; position 30:00)
S4.4 Vertical profiles of cloud properties measured with a holographic imager on a cable car
Alexander Beck*, Jan Henneberger, Zamin A. Kanji, Ulrike Lohmann
Institute of Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (video; position 0:00)
S4.5 A detailed examination of the microphysical processes leading to ice production within an orographic wintertime cloud with freezing drizzle
Jeffrey French*1, Sarah Tessendorf2, Darcy Jacobson1, Roy Rasmussen2, Bart Geerts1, Binod Pokharel1, Lulin Xue1, Pat Holbrook3, Mel Kunkel3, Derek Blestrud3, Shaun Parkinson3
1University of Wyoming, USA, 2NCAR/RAL, USA, 3Idaho Power Company, USA (video; position 15:12)
S4.6 In-situ airborne observations of small ice in turbulent mixed phase altocumulus clouds.
Paul Barrett*1,2, Alan Blyth2,3, Philip R. A. Brown1, Zbigniew Ulanowski4
1Met Office, UK, 2University of Leeds School of Earth and Environment, Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, UK, 3National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds, UK, 4Centre for Atmospheric and Instrumentation Research, University of Hertfordshire, UK (video; position 31:22)
S4.7 In situ and radar Doppler spectrum constraints of ice sticking efficiency and ice properties in a mid-latitude squall line
Marcus van Lier-Walqui*1,2, Ann Fridlind2, Andrew Ackerman2, Christopher Williams3, Greg McFarquhar4, Wei Wu4, Xiaowen Li5,6, Wei-Kuo Tao6, Alexei Korolev7
1Columbia University, USA, 2NASA Goddard Institute For Space Studies, USA, 3University of Colorado, USA, 4University of Illinois, USA, 5Morgan State University, USA, 6NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA, 7Environment Canada, Canada (video; position 0:00)
S4.8 LIMA: A two-moment microphysical scheme driven by a multimodal population of cloud condensation and ice freezing nuclei
Jean-Pierre Pinty*1, Benoît Vié2, Sarah Berthet3, Maud Leriche1
1Laboratoire d’Aérologie, UMR5560, CNRS/Université de Toulouse, France, 2Météo-France, UMR3589, CNRS/Météo-France, France, 3LEGOS, UMR5566, CNES/CNRS/IRD/Université de Toulouse, France
(video; position 15:00)
S4.9 Microphysics parameterization of explicit partial melting of snow to study the formation of freezing rain and ice pellets
Mélissa Cholette*, Julie M. Thériault
University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada (video; position 31:00)
S4.10 Effect of Evaporation on Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E) Melting Layer Simulations
Andrea Neumann*1, Michael Poellot1, Andrew Heymsfield2, Aaron Bansemer2
1University of North Dakota, USA, 2National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA (video; position 0:00)
S.4.11 Synthesis of observations and models using a new Bayesian framework for microphysical parameterization
Hugh Morrison1, Marcus van Lier-Walqui*2, Matthew Kumjian3, Olivier Prat4
1NCAR, USA, 2Columbia University, USA, 3Pennsylvania State University, USA, 4North Carolina State University, USA (video; position 15:00)
S4.12 Relationship between atmospheric aerosols, hail and polarimetric radar signatures in a mid-latitude storm
Eyal Ilotoviz1, Alexander Khain*1, Vaughan Phillips2, Alexander Ryzhkov3
1The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 2Lund University, Sweden, 3University of Oklahoma, USA
(video; position 30:31)

Poster session:

P4.1 Analysis on the microphysical features of raindrop size distribution under different synoptic systems in mountainous area Fujian
Lin Wen*1, Lin Changcheng1, Yao Zhanyu2, Chen Binbin1, Li Dan1, Zheng Wenjun3
1Fujian Meteorological Science Institute, China, 2Chinese Academy of Meteorological Science, China, 3Youxi Meteorological Bureau, China
P4.2 Investigation of Riming within Mixed-phase Stratiform Clouds Using Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model
Tuanjie Hou*, Hengchi Lei, Zhaoxia Hu
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
P4.3 Investigation of Mass-Dimension Relationship Parameters Within a Surface of Equally Realizable Solutions
Joseph Finlon*1,3, Greg McFarquhar1,3, Robert Rauber1, Brian Jewett1, David Plummer1,2, Roy Rasmussen3
1University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, 2University of Wyoming, USA, 3National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
P4.4 Diffusion processes in mixed-phase clouds involving direct particle interactions
Manuel Baumgartner*, Peter Spichtinger
Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany
P4.5 Aerosol-cloud interactions over the Arctic using the Canadian atmospheric chemistry model GEM-MACH
Ana Cirisan*1, Sylvie Gravel2, Wanmin Gong3, Vickie Irish4, Allan Bertram4, Éric Girard1
1Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada, 2Canadian Meteorological Centre, Canada, 3Environment Canada, Canada, 4Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, Canada
P4.6 Modeling the melting of graupel and hail in a bulk microphysics parameterization
Axel Seifert*1, Vivek Sant2
1Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany, 2Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany
P4.7 Implementing ice microphysics to a large eddy simulation model coupled with sectional aerosol module
Jaakko Ahola*1,3, Tomi Raatikainen1, Juha Tonttila2, Sami Romakkaniemi2, Hannele Korhonen1
1Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland, 2Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland, 3University of Turku, Finland
P4.8 Model simulations with COSMO-SPECS: Application of prognostic INP description for stratiform clouds
Martin Simmel*1, Matthias Lieber2, Oswald Knoth1, Ina Tegen1
1TROPOS Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Germany, 2Center for Information Services and High Performance Computing (ZIH), TU Dresden, Germany
P4.9 Comparison of large eddy simulation models for arctic clouds
Tomi Raatikainen*1, Jaakko Ahola1, Juha Tonttila2, Sami Romakkaniemi2, Ari Laaksonen1, Hannele Korhonen1
1Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland, 2Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland
P4.10 The Importance of Soil Dust for Mixed-phase Clouds in Global Climate Models
Luisa Ickes*, Tanja Stanelle, Ulrike Lohmann
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Switzerland
P4.11 Aircraft measurements of  mixed-phase clouds versus cloud-resolving modeling studies in Northern China
Xueliang Guo*, Shichao Zhu, Guangxian Lu, Lijun Guo
Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, China
P4.12 Formation and development of orographic mixed phase clouds in real cases
Olga Henneberg*, Ulrike Lohmann, Jan Henneberger
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
P4.13 An LES study on the role of ship induced ACI in mixed-phase stratocumulus
Anna Possner*1, Annica Ekman2, Ulrike Lohmann1
1ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 2Stockholm University, Sweden
P4.14 The evolution and precipitation production of an orographic wintertime cloud with freezing drizzle
Sarah Tessendorf*1, Jeffrey French2, Courtney Weeks1, Roy Rasmussen1, Bart Geerts2, Binod Pokharel2, Lulin Xue1, Pat Holbrook3, Derek Blestrud3, Melvin Kunkel3, Shaun Parkinson3
1NCAR/RAL, USA, 2University of Wyoming, USA, 3Idaho Power Company, USA
P4.15 Modelling of water stable isotope ratios in a 1.5D bin-resolved microphysics model
Andrea Flossmann*1,2, Wolfram Wobrock1,2
1LaMP/UBP, France, 2INSU/CNRS, France
P4.16 Ground based in situ measurements of arctic cloud microphysical and optical properties at Mount Zeppelin, Svalbard
Guyot gwennolé*1, Jourdan Olivier1, Olofson Frans1, Schwarzenboeck Alfons1, Gourbeyre Christophe1, Febvre Guy1, Dupuy Régis1, Bernard Christophe2, Tunved Peter3, Ancellet Gérard4, Law Kathy4, Wobrock Wolfram1, Shcherbakov Valery1
1LaMP, France, 2OPGC, France, 3Department of Applied Environmental Science, Sweden, 4LATMOS, France
P4.17 Identification of super-cooled liquid layers in mixed-phase clouds based on cloud radar observations
Anne Hirsikko1, Ewan O’Connor1,2, Mika Komppula3, Sami Romakkaniemi*3
1Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland, 2University of Reading, UK, 3Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland
P4.18 Understanding microphysical controls on arctic stratus clouds: A comparison of high-resolution NWP models during the ASCOS field campaign
Christopher Dearden*1, Robin Stevens2, Anna Possner3
1University of Manchester, UK, 2University of Leeds, UK, 3ETH, Switzerland
P4.19 Response of mixed-phase boundary layer clouds with predominantly rapid or slow ice nucleation processes to cloud-top temperature trend
Ann Fridlind*1, Alexander Avramov2, Andrew Ackerman1, Peter Alpert3, Daniel Knopf4, Paul DeMott5, Sarah Brooks6, Andrew Glen6
1NASA GISS, USA, 2MIT, USA, 3CNRS, France, 4Stony Brook University, USA, 5Colorado State University, USA, 6Texas A&M University, USA
P4.20 A model for a turbulent mixed-phase cloud
Ben Devenish
Met Office, UK