Articles | Volume 22, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-8819-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-8819-2022
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08 Jul 2022
Research article |  | 08 Jul 2022

Contrail formation within cirrus: ICON-LEM simulations of the impact of cirrus cloud properties on contrail formation

Pooja Verma and Ulrike Burkhardt

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This paper investigates contrail ice formation within cirrus and the impact of natural cirrus on the contrail ice formation in the high-resolution ICON-LEM simulations over Germany. Contrail formation often leads to increases in cirrus ice crystal number concentration by a few orders of magnitude. Contrail formation is affected by pre-existing cirrus, leading to changes in contrail formation conditions and ice nucleation rates that can be significant in optically thick cirrus.
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