Transformation of Arctic mixed–phase clouds in cold air outbreaks characterized by airborne and satellite remote sensing (B03)

• Subject Area: Atmospheric Science
• Term: since 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 268020496

The project studies clouds which form when cold air from the central Arctic is transported towards the South over the warm open ocean. It will be quantified, in which distance to the sea ice edge these clouds have a roll-like structure and when they break up into cellular cloud fields with a lower cloud cover. Airborne and satellite observations will be used to understand if these clouds will warm or cool the Arctic climate in the future

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 172: ArctiC Amplification: Climate Relevant Atmospheric and SurfaCe Processes, and Feedback Mechanisms (AC)3
• Applicant Institution: Universität Leipzig
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Susanne Crewell; Dr. Hartwig Deneke, since 1/2024; Dr. André Ehrlich; Professor Dr. Andreas Macke, until 12/2023