The impact of secondary ice production on Arctic stratocumulus

Sotiropoulou, Georgia; Sullivan, Sylvia; Savre, Julien; Lloyd, Gary; Lachlan-Cope, Thomas; Ekman, Annica M. L.; Nenes, Athanasios

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1301-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1301-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1301-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 3

Research article

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04 Feb 2020

Research article |

| 04 Feb 2020

The impact of secondary ice production on Arctic stratocumulus

Georgia Sotiropoulou, Sylvia Sullivan, Julien Savre, Gary Lloyd, Thomas Lachlan-Cope, Annica M. L. Ekman, and Athanasios Nenes

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RC1: 'Review of “The impact of Secondary Ice Production on Arctic Stratocumulus” by Sotiropoulou and colleagues', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Sep 2019
- AC1: 'RESPONSE TO REVIEWER 1 ON BEHALF OF ALL AUTHORS', Georgia Sotiropoulou, 14 Dec 2019
RC2: 'Review of Sotiropoulou et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Oct 2019
- AC2: 'RESPONSE TO REVIEWER 2 ON BEHALF OF ALL AUTHORS', Georgia Sotiropoulou, 14 Dec 2019

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Arctic clouds constitute a large source of uncertainty in predictions of future climate. Observations indicate that the number concentration of cloud ice crystals exceeds the concentration of aerosols that can act as ice-nucleating particles (INPs). We show that ice multiplication due to mechanical break-up upon collisions between the few primary ice crystals (formed from INPs) can explain the discrepancy. Including a description of the process in climate models can improve cloud representation.