Articles | Volume 22, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-9767-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-9767-2022
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01 Aug 2022
Research article |  | 01 Aug 2022

Retrieving ice-nucleating particle concentration and ice multiplication factors using active remote sensing validated by in situ observations

Jörg Wieder, Nikola Ihn, Claudia Mignani, Moritz Haarig, Johannes Bühl, Patric Seifert, Ronny Engelmann, Fabiola Ramelli, Zamin A. Kanji, Ulrike Lohmann, and Jan Henneberger

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Data for the publication "Retrieving ice-nucleating particle concentration and ice multiplication factors using active remote sensing validated by in situ observations" Jörg Wieder, Nikola Ihn, Claudia Mignani, Moritz Haarig, Johannes Bühl, Patric Seifert, Ronny Engelmann, Fabiola Ramelli, Zamin A. Kanji, Ulrike Lohmann, and Jan Henneberger https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6614262

Aerosol Data Weissfluhjoch Jörg Wieder, Claudia Mignani, and Carolin Rösch https://doi.org/10.16904/envidat.156

Aerosol Data Davos Wolfgang Jörg Wieder and Carolin Rösch https://doi.org/10.16904/envidat.157

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Ice formation and its evolution in mixed-phase clouds are still uncertain. We evaluate the lidar retrieval of ice-nucleating particle concentration in dust-dominated and continental air masses over the Swiss Alps with in situ observations. A calibration factor to improve the retrieval from continental air masses is proposed. Ice multiplication factors are obtained with a new method utilizing remote sensing. Our results indicate that secondary ice production occurs at temperatures down to −30 °C.
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