On the ice-nucleating potential of warm hydrometeors in mixed-phase clouds

Krayer, Michael; Chouippe, Agathe; Uhlmann, Markus; Dušek, Jan; Leisner, Thomas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-561-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-561-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-561-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 1

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15 Jan 2021

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On the ice-nucleating potential of warm hydrometeors in mixed-phase clouds

Michael Krayer, Agathe Chouippe, Markus Uhlmann, Jan Dušek, and Thomas Leisner

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RC1: 'Krayer et al 2020 review', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 May 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #2', Michael Krayer, 15 Sep 2020
RC2: 'review', Alexei Korolev, 18 Jun 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to Alexei Korolev', Michael Krayer, 15 Sep 2020

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AR by Michael Krayer on behalf of the Authors (09 Oct 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Oct 2020) by Martina Krämer

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (15 Nov 2020)

RR by Alexei Korolev (17 Nov 2020)

ED: Publish as is (17 Nov 2020) by Martina Krämer

Short summary

We address the phenomenon of ice enhancement in the vicinity of warm hydrometeors using highly accurate flow simulation techniques. It is found that the transiently supersaturated zones induced by the hydrometeor's wake are by far larger than what has been previously estimated. The ice enhancement is quantified on the micro- and macroscale, and its relevance is discussed. The results provided may contribute to a (currently unavailable) parametrization of the phenomenon.