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Unraveling ice multiplication in winter orographic clouds via in-situ observations, remote sensing and modeling

Georgakaki, Paraskevi  
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Billault--Roux, Anne-Claire  
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Foskinis, Romanos  
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June 22, 2024
Npj Climate And Atmospheric Science

Recent years have shown that secondary ice production (SIP) is ubiquitous, affecting all clouds from polar to tropical regions. SIP is not described well in models and may explain biases in warm mixed-phase cloud ice content and structure. Through modeling constrained by in-situ observations and its synergy with radar we show that SIP in orographic clouds exert a profound impact on the vertical distribution of hydrometeors and precipitation, especially in seeder-feeder cloud configurations. The mesoscale model simulations coupled with a radar simulator strongly support that enhanced aggregation and SIP through ice-ice collisions contribute to observed spectral bimodalities, skewing the Doppler spectra toward the slower-falling side at temperatures within the dendritic growth layer, ranging from -20 degrees C to -10 degrees C. This unique signature provides an opportunity to infer long-term SIP occurrences from the global cloud radar data archive, particularly for this underexplored temperature regime.

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research article
DOI
10.1038/s41612-024-00671-9
Web of Science ID

WOS:001251896100002

Author(s)
Georgakaki, Paraskevi  
Billault--Roux, Anne-Claire  
Foskinis, Romanos  
Gao, Kunfeng  
Sotiropoulou, Georgia  
Gini, Maria
Takahama, Satoshi  
Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos
Papayannis, Alexandros
Berne, Alexis  
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Date Issued

2024-06-22

Publisher

Nature Portfolio

Published in
Npj Climate And Atmospheric Science
Volume

7

Issue

1

Start page

145

Subjects

Physical Sciences

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Mixed-Phase Clouds

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Supercooled Liquid Water

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Microphysical Processes

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Graupel-Graupel

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Radar

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Precipitation

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Particles

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Aircraft

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Fragmentation

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Editorial or Peer reviewed

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EPFL

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LAPI  
LTE  
FunderGrant Number

EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Excellent Science (H2020 Priority Excellent Science)

726165

European Research Council (ERC) project "PyroTRACH"

821205

European Union's Horizon 2020 project "FORCeS"

192292

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July 3, 2024
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/209152
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