Analysis of isothermal and cooling-rate-dependent immersion freezing by a unifying stochastic ice nucleation model

Alpert, Peter A.; Knopf, Daniel A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-2083-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-2083-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-2083-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 4

Research article

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24 Feb 2016

Research article |

| 24 Feb 2016

Analysis of isothermal and cooling-rate-dependent immersion freezing by a unifying stochastic ice nucleation model

Peter A. Alpert and Daniel A. Knopf

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RC C3202: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Jun 2015
- AC C6786: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Peter Alpert, 11 Sep 2015
SC C3612: 'Alternative interpretations', Gabor Vali, 15 Jun 2015
- AC C6787: 'Response to Gabor Vali', Peter Alpert, 11 Sep 2015
RC C3963: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Jun 2015
- AC C6788: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Peter Alpert, 11 Sep 2015
AC C6785: 'General Response to Reviewer's', Peter Alpert, 11 Sep 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Peter Alpert on behalf of the Authors (11 Sep 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 Sep 2015) by Hinrich Grothe

RR by Gabor Vali (01 Oct 2015)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (02 Oct 2015)

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (13 Oct 2015) by Hinrich Grothe

AR by Peter Alpert on behalf of the Authors (27 Jan 2016) Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (08 Feb 2016) by Hinrich Grothe

AR by Peter Alpert on behalf of the Authors (08 Feb 2016)

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A stochastic immersion freezing model is introduced capable of reproducing laboratory data for a variety of experimental methods using a time and surface area dependent ice nucleation process. The assumption that droplets contain identical surface area is evaluated. A quantitative uncertainty analysis of the laboratory observed freezing process is presented. Our results imply that ice nuclei surface area assumptions are crucial for interpretation of experimental immersion freezing results.