Articles | Volume 26, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-2667-2026
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-2667-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Implementation of primary and secondary ice production in EC-Earth3-AerChem: global impacts and insights
Montserrat Costa-Surós
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona, Spain
María Gonçalves Ageitos
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona, Spain
Department of Project and Construction Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
Marios Chatziparaschos
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona, Spain
formerly at: Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory (EPCL), University of Crete, Department of Chemistry, Heraklion, Greece
formerly at: Foundation for Research and Technology, Center for the Study of Air Quality and Climate Change (C-STACC), Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT), Patras, Greece
Paraskevi Georgakaki
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
formerly at: Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts (LAPI), School of Architecture, Civil & Environmental Engineering (ENAC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Manu Anna Thomas
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Norrköping, Sweden
Gilbert Montané Pinto
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona, Spain
Stelios Myriokefalitakis
Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens (NOA), Penteli, Greece
Twan van Noije
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, Netherlands
Philippe Le Sager
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, Netherlands
Maria Kanakidou
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory (EPCL), University of Crete, Department of Chemistry, Heraklion, Greece
Foundation for Research and Technology, Center for the Study of Air Quality and Climate Change (C-STACC), Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT), Patras, Greece
Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Athanasios Nenes
Foundation for Research and Technology, Center for the Study of Air Quality and Climate Change (C-STACC), Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT), Patras, Greece
Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts (LAPI), School of Architecture, Civil & Environmental Engineering (ENAC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Carlos Pérez García-Pando
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona, Spain
Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
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Short summary
Mixed-phase clouds play a key role in Earth’s climate but remain poorly represented in climate models. We improved their representation in the EC-Earth model by introducing an aerosol-sensitive scheme for ice formation and a machine-learning approach for secondary ice production. These advances produce more realistic cloud properties and radiative effects, highlighting that both processes are essential for reliable climate projections.
Mixed-phase clouds play a key role in Earth’s climate but remain poorly represented in climate...
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