Articles | Volume 12, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-10679-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-10679-2012
Research article
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16 Nov 2012
Research article |  | 16 Nov 2012

Sensitivity of cirrus and mixed-phase clouds to the ice nuclei spectra in McRAS-AC: single column model simulations

R. Morales Betancourt, D. Lee, L. Oreopoulos, Y. C. Sud, D. Barahona, and A. Nenes

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Subject: Clouds and Precipitation | Research Activity: Atmospheric Modelling | Altitude Range: Troposphere | Science Focus: Physics (physical properties and processes)
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Barahona, D.: On the ice nucleation spectrum, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 3733–3752, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-3733-2012, 2012.
Barahona, D. and Nenes, A.: Parameterization of cirrus cloud formation in large-scale models: Homogeneous nucleation, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D11211, https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JD009355, 2008.
Barahona, D. and Nenes, A.: Parameterizing the competition between homogeneous and heterogeneous freezing in cirrus cloud formation – monodisperse ice nuclei, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 369–381, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-9-369-2009, 2009{a}.
Barahona, D. and Nenes, A.: Parameterizing the competition between homogeneous and heterogeneous freezing in cirrus cloud formation: polydisperse ice nuclei, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 5933–5948, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-9-5933-2009, 2009{b}.
Barahona, D., Rodriguez, J., and Nenes, A.: Sensitivity of the global distribution of cirrus ice crystal concentration to heterogeneous freezing, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D23213, https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JD014273, 2010.
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