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Articles | Volume 25, issue 10
Articles | Volume 25, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-5313-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-5313-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 25, issue 10
Research article
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27 May 2025
Research article |  | 27 May 2025

The critical number and size of precipitation embryos to accelerate warm rain initiation

Jung-Sub Lim, Yign Noh, Hyunho Lee, and Fabian Hoffmann

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Rain formation in warm clouds begins when small droplets collide, but this process can be slow without larger droplets. We used simulations to explore the role of bigger droplets, known as precipitation embryos, in triggering rain. We found that they speed up rain only when their size and number exceed a critical threshold. This threshold becomes larger when collisions are naturally efficient, such as in clouds with broad droplet size distributions or strong turbulence. 
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