Spatial and temporal variability in the ice-nucleating ability  of alpine snowmelt and extension to frozen cloud fraction

Brennan, Killian P.; David, Robert O.; Borduas-Dedekind, Nadine

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-163-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-163-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-163-2020

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

Articles | Volume 20, issue 1

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06 Jan 2020

Research article |

| 06 Jan 2020

Spatial and temporal variability in the ice-nucleating ability of alpine snowmelt and extension to frozen cloud fraction

Killian P. Brennan, Robert O. David, and Nadine Borduas-Dedekind

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AC1: 'misspelt word in the title - temporarily/temporally', Nadine Borduas-Dedekind, 08 Aug 2019
SC1: 'Important reference to consider adding', Jessie Creamean, 08 Aug 2019
- AC2: 'reference added', Nadine Borduas-Dedekind, 05 Nov 2019
RC1: 'RC', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Aug 2019
- AC3: 'authors' reply to RC1', Nadine Borduas-Dedekind, 05 Nov 2019
RC2: 'RC', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Sep 2019
- AC4: 'Author's reply to RC2', Nadine Borduas-Dedekind, 05 Nov 2019

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AR by Nadine Borduas-Dedekind on behalf of the Authors (28 Oct 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (26 Nov 2019) by Hinrich Grothe

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To contribute to our understanding of the liquid water-to-ice ratio in mixed-phase clouds, this study provides a spatial and temporal dataset of ice-nucleating particle (INP) concentrations in meltwater of 88 snow samples across 17 locations in the Swiss Alps. The impact of altitude, terrain, time since last snowfall and depth on freezing temperatures was also investigated. The measured INP concentrations provide an estimate of cloud glaciation temperatures important for cloud lifetime.