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Articles | Volume 22, issue 8
Articles | Volume 22, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-5639-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-5639-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 22, issue 8
Research article
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28 Apr 2022
Research article |  | 28 Apr 2022

Formation of ice particles through nucleation in the mesosphere

Kyoko K. Tanaka, Ingrid Mann, and Yuki Kimura

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We have investigated the nucleation process of noctilucent clouds observed in the mesosphere using a theoretical approach, where we adopt a more accurate model called the semi-phenomenological model for the nucleation process. We obtained an important result that rejects one of the two dominant nucleation mechanisms that have been proposed. Our results show it is extremely difficult for homogeneous nucleation of water to occur in the mesosphere, while heterogeneous nucleation occurs effectively.
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