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Impacts of Free-Tropospheric Thermodynamics and Ice Nucleating Particle Recycling on Arctic Mixed-Phase Cloud Properties
Meteorological Institute Munich, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
Institute for Meteorology, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Institute for Meteorology, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Atmos. Chem. Phys., 26, 9443–9451, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-9443-2026, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-9443-2026, 2026
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Atmos. Chem. Phys., 26, 8765–8781, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-8765-2026, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-8765-2026, 2026
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Anna Weber, Fabian Hoffmann, and Bernhard Mayer
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 26, 8001–8020, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-8001-2026, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-8001-2026, 2026
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Atmos. Chem. Phys., 26, 5427–5446, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-5427-2026, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-5427-2026, 2026
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Levin Rug, Willi Schimmel, Fabian Hoffmann, and Oswald Knoth
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Graham Feingold, Franziska Glassmeier, Jianhao Zhang, and Fabian Hoffmann
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 10869–10885, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-10869-2025, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-10869-2025, 2025
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Fabian Hoffmann, Yao-Sheng Chen, and Graham Feingold
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Yao-Sheng Chen, Prasanth Prabhakaran, Fabian Hoffmann, Jan Kazil, Takanobu Yamaguchi, and Graham Feingold
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 6141–6159, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-6141-2025, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-6141-2025, 2025
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Jung-Sub Lim, Yign Noh, Hyunho Lee, and Fabian Hoffmann
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 5313–5329, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-5313-2025, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-5313-2025, 2025
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Fan Yang, Hamed Fahandezh Sadi, Raymond A. Shaw, Fabian Hoffmann, Pei Hou, Aaron Wang, and Mikhail Ovchinnikov
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 3785–3806, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-3785-2025, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-3785-2025, 2025
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Yao-Sheng Chen, Jianhao Zhang, Fabian Hoffmann, Takanobu Yamaguchi, Franziska Glassmeier, Xiaoli Zhou, and Graham Feingold
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The response of clouds to changes in aerosol remains a large uncertainty in our understanding of the climate. Studies typically look at aerosol and cloud processes in snapshot images, measuring all properties at the same time. Here we use multiple images to characterise how cloud temporal development responds to aerosol. We find a reduction in liquid water path with increasing aerosol, party due to feedbacks. This suggests the aerosol impact on cloud water may be weaker than in previous studies.
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Arctic clouds with liquid and ice have important effects on climate. To investigate how ice crystals and liquid droplets grow in shallow Arctic clouds, we conducted high-resolution simulations. We find that drier air above the cloud leads to a greater sublimation rate of ice beneath the cloud and recycling of particles necessary for ice formation within the cloud. We also find that the amount of sublimation and recycling is affected by the rate of temperature change with height above the cloud.
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