Articles | Volume 23, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-9099-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-9099-2023
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17 Aug 2023
Research article |  | 17 Aug 2023

A bin microphysics parcel model investigation of secondary ice formation in an idealised shallow convective cloud

Rachel L. James, Jonathan Crosier, and Paul J. Connolly

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Secondary ice production (SIP) may significantly enhance the ice particle concentration in mixed-phase clouds. We present a systematic modelling study of secondary ice formation in idealised shallow convective clouds for various conditions. Our results suggest that the SIP mechanism of collisions of supercooled water drops with more massive ice particles may be a significant ice formation mechanism in shallow convective clouds outside the rime-splintering temperature range (−3 to −8 °C).
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