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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-877-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-877-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
23 Jan 2019
Research article |
| 23 Jan 2019
| 23 Jan 2019
New type of evidence for secondary ice formation at around −15 °C in mixed-phase clouds
Claudia Mignani
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Environmental Geosciences, University of Basel, Basel, 4056, Switzerland
Jessie M. Creamean
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Physical Sciences Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
now at: Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Lukas Zimmermann
Institute of Environmental Geosciences, University of Basel, Basel, 4056, Switzerland
Christine Alewell
Institute of Environmental Geosciences, University of Basel, Basel, 4056, Switzerland
Institute of Environmental Geosciences, University of Basel, Basel, 4056, Switzerland
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A snow crystal can be generated from an ice nucleating particle or from an ice splinter. In this study we made use of the fact that snow crystals with a particular shape (dendrites) grow within a narrow temperature range (−12 to −17 °C) and can be analysed individually for the presence of an ice nucleating particle. Our direct approach revealed that only one in eight crystals contained such a particle and was of primary origin. The other crystals must have grown from ice splinters.
A snow crystal can be generated from an ice nucleating particle or from an ice splinter. In this...
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