Towards a more reliable forecast of ice supersaturation: concept of a one-moment ice-cloud scheme that avoids saturation adjustment

Sperber, Dario; Gierens, Klaus

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-15609-2023

Articles | Volume 23, issue 24

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-15609-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-15609-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 24

Research article

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20 Dec 2023

Research article |

| 20 Dec 2023

Towards a more reliable forecast of ice supersaturation: concept of a one-moment ice-cloud scheme that avoids saturation adjustment

Dario Sperber and Klaus Gierens

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Short summary

A significant share of aviation's climate impact is due to persistent contrails. Avoiding their creation is a step toward sustainable air transportation. For this purpose, a reliable forecast of so-called ice-supersaturated regions is needed, which then allows one to plan aircraft routes without persistent contrails. Here, we propose a method that leads to the better prediction of ice-supersaturated regions.