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