Distinct effects of several ice production processes on thunderstorm electrification and lightning activity

Vongpaseut, Inès; Barthe, Christelle

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-14945-2025

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06 Nov 2025

Research article |

| 06 Nov 2025

Distinct effects of several ice production processes on thunderstorm electrification and lightning activity

Inès Vongpaseut and Christelle Barthe

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Three idealized storms that differ by their cloud base temperature were simulated in order to assess the impact of ice production on cloud electrical activity. Ice production is impacted by aerosols that either can form cloud droplets or ice crystals and processes that form ice crystals from pre-existing cloud particles. All those processes can interact and affect the electrical activity and differently according to the cloud conditions.