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Articles | Volume 25, issue 21
Articles | Volume 25, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-14479-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-14479-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 25, issue 21
Research article
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04 Nov 2025
Research article |  | 04 Nov 2025

Secondary ice formation in cumulus congestus clouds: insights from observations and aerosol-aware large-eddy simulations

Silvia M. Calderón, Noora Hyttinen, Harri Kokkola, Tomi Raatikainen, R. Paul Lawson, and Sami Romakkaniemi

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Field campaigns suggest secondary ice production (SIP) from mm-sized supercooled droplets drives rapid glaciation and precipitation development in summer cumulus congestus clouds lacking ice-nucleating particles. Our large-eddy simulations with sectional aerosol–hydrometeor microphysics support this, reproducing observed size distributions and showing how SIP accelerates aggregation, enhancing surface precipitation.
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