Articles | Volume 22, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-13103-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-13103-2022
Research article
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12 Oct 2022
Research article |  | 12 Oct 2022

Observation of secondary ice production in clouds at low temperatures

Alexei Korolev, Paul J. DeMott, Ivan Heckman, Mengistu Wolde, Earle Williams, David J. Smalley, and Michael F. Donovan

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The present study provides the first explicit in situ observation of secondary ice production at temperatures as low as −27 °C, which is well outside the range of the Hallett–Mossop process (−3 to −8 °C). This observation expands our knowledge of the temperature range of initiation of secondary ice in clouds. The obtained results are intended to stimulate laboratory and theoretical studies to develop physically based parameterizations for weather prediction and climate models.
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