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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-5389-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-5389-2024
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08 May 2024
Research article |  | 08 May 2024

Simulating the seeder–feeder impacts on cloud ice and precipitation over the Alps

Zane Dedekind, Ulrike Proske, Sylvaine Ferrachat, Ulrike Lohmann, and David Neubauer

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Ice particles precipitating into lower clouds from an upper cloud, the seeder–feeder process, can enhance precipitation. A numerical modeling study conducted in the Swiss Alps found that 48 % of observed clouds were overlapping, with the seeder–feeder process occurring in 10 % of these clouds. Inhibiting the seeder–feeder process reduced the surface precipitation and ice particle growth rates, which were further reduced when additional ice multiplication processes were included in the model.
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