Secondary ice production processes in wintertime alpine mixed-phase clouds

Georgakaki, Paraskevi; Sotiropoulou, Georgia; Vignon, Étienne; Billault-Roux, Anne-Claire; Berne, Alexis; Nenes, Athanasios

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-1965-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-1965-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-1965-2022

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Articles | Volume 22, issue 3

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11 Feb 2022

Research article |

| 11 Feb 2022

Secondary ice production processes in wintertime alpine mixed-phase clouds

Paraskevi Georgakaki, Georgia Sotiropoulou, Étienne Vignon, Anne-Claire Billault-Roux, Alexis Berne, and Athanasios Nenes

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The modelling study focuses on the importance of ice multiplication processes in orographic mixed-phase clouds, which is one of the least understood cloud types in the climate system. We show that the consideration of ice seeding and secondary ice production through ice–ice collisional breakup is essential for correct predictions of precipitation in mountainous terrain, with important implications for radiation processes.