Determining stages of cirrus life-cycle evolution: A cloud classification scheme based on airborne water vapor lidar measurements

Benedikt Urbanek1, Silke Gross2, Andreas Schäfler3 and Martin Wirth3, (1)German Aerospace Center DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, (2)German Aerospace Center Oberpfaffenhofen, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, (3)German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany