Articles | Volume 20, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-3895-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-3895-2020
Research article
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31 Mar 2020
Research article |  | 31 Mar 2020

Small ice particles at slightly supercooled temperatures in tropical maritime convection

Gary Lloyd, Thomas Choularton, Keith Bower, Jonathan Crosier, Martin Gallagher, Michael Flynn, James Dorsey, Dantong Liu, Jonathan W. Taylor, Oliver Schlenczek, Jacob Fugal, Stephan Borrmann, Richard Cotton, Paul Field, and Alan Blyth

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Measurements of liquid and ice cloud particles were made using an aircraft to penetrate fresh growing convective clouds in the tropical Atlantic. We found small ice particles at surprisingly high temperatures just below freezing. At colder temperatures secondary ice processes rapidly generated high concentrations of ice crystals.
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