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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-65-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-65-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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03 Jan 2022
Research article |
| 03 Jan 2022
| 03 Jan 2022
New investigations on homogeneous ice nucleation: the effects of water activity and water saturation formulations
Manuel Baumgartner
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Zentrum für Datenverarbeitung, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
now at: Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany
Christian Rolf
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research 7 – Stratosphere, Jülich, Germany
Jens-Uwe Grooß
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research 7 – Stratosphere, Jülich, Germany
Julia Schneider
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Tobias Schorr
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Ottmar Möhler
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Peter Spichtinger
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Martina Krämer
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research 7 – Stratosphere, Jülich, Germany
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Short summary
An important mechanism for the appearance of ice particles in the upper troposphere at low temperatures is homogeneous nucleation. This process is commonly described by the
Koop line, predicting the humidity at freezing. However, laboratory measurements suggest that the freezing humidities are above the Koop line, motivating the present study to investigate the influence of different physical parameterizations on the homogeneous freezing with the help of a detailed numerical model.
An important mechanism for the appearance of ice particles in the upper troposphere at low...
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