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Articles | Volume 26, issue 7
Articles | Volume 26, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-5019-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-5019-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 26, issue 7
Research article
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16 Apr 2026
Research article |  | 16 Apr 2026

Can rime splintering explain the ice production in Arctic mixed-phase clouds?

Tomi Raatikainen, Silvia Calderón, Emma Järvinen, Marje Prank, and Sami Romakkaniemi

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We used high-resolution simulations to examine if secondary ice production could explain the high ice particle concentrations observed during an airborne Arctic cloud study. For these clouds, the dominating secondary ice production process was rime splintering. It can produce high ice concentrations, but some model adjustments may be needed. Clouds in our simulations reached realistic steady states where rime splintering became a self-sustaining process.
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