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Articles | Volume 23, issue 3
Articles | Volume 23, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1987-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1987-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 23, issue 3
Research article
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08 Feb 2023
Research article |  | 08 Feb 2023

Temperature and cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) sensitivity of orographic precipitation enhanced by a mixed-phase seeder–feeder mechanism: a case study for the 2015 Cumbria flood

Julia Thomas, Andrew Barrett, and Corinna Hoose

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We study the sensitivity of rain formation processes during a heavy-rainfall event over mountains to changes in temperature and pollution. Total rainfall increases by 2 % K−1, and a 6 % K−1 increase is found at the highest altitudes, caused by a mixed-phase seeder–feeder mechanism (frozen cloud particles melt and grow further as they fall through a liquid cloud layer). In a cleaner atmosphere this process is enhanced. Thus the risk of severe rainfall in mountains may increase in the future.
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