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Articles | Volume 25, issue 8
Articles | Volume 25, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-4505-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-4505-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 25, issue 8
Research article
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24 Apr 2025
Research article |  | 24 Apr 2025

Investigating ice formation pathways using a novel two-moment multi-class cloud microphysics scheme

Tim Lüttmer, Peter Spichtinger, and Axel Seifert

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We investigate ice formation pathways in idealized convective clouds using a novel microphysics scheme that distinguishes between five ice classes each with their own unique formation mechanism. Ice crystals from rime splintering form the lowermost layer of ice crystals around the updraft core. The majority of ice crystals in the anvil of the convective cloud stems from frozen droplets. Ice stemming from homogeneous and deposition nucleation was only relevant in the overshoot.
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