- An upward shift of cirrus clouds at a rate higher than that predicted by the climate models is observed in the last 16 years.
- Only sub-visible cirrus clouds exhibited upward shift in their altitude.
- Optical thickness of sub-visible and thick cirrus clouds showed decreasing trends.
- No significant trend was obtained from the CALIOP data over Gadanki.
- SAGE-II data show increasing trend in the occurrence frequency of aerosol and decreasing trend in aerosol-cloud mixture
- CALIOP observations show increase in cirrus cloud occurrence in Western-equatorial pacific.
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20200005088
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Langley Research Center
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May 11, 2020
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Meeting: The Stratosphere-troposphere Processes And their Role in Climate (SPARC) 2018 General Assembly
Location: Kyoto
Country: JP
Start Date: October 1, 2018
End Date: October 5, 2018
Sponsors: Stratosphere-troposphere Processes And their Role in Climate, World Climate Research Programme
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