Linking rain into ice microphysics across the melting layer in stratiform rain: a closure study

Mróz, Kamil; Battaglia, Alessandro; Kneifel, Stefan; von Terzi, Leonie; Karrer, Markus; Ori, Davide

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-511-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-511-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-511-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 1

Research article

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25 Jan 2021

Research article |

| 25 Jan 2021

Linking rain into ice microphysics across the melting layer in stratiform rain: a closure study

Kamil Mróz, Alessandro Battaglia, Stefan Kneifel, Leonie von Terzi, Markus Karrer, and Davide Ori

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'amt-2020-272 Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Aug 2020
- AC1: 'Answer to the comments', Kamil Mroz, 19 Aug 2020
RC2: 'Reviewer #2 comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Aug 2020
- AC2: 'responses to the second referee', Kamil Mroz, 22 Oct 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Kamil Mroz on behalf of the Authors (19 Nov 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (30 Nov 2020) by S. Joseph Munchak

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (08 Dec 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (09 Dec 2020)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (11 Dec 2020) by S. Joseph Munchak

AR by Kamil Mroz on behalf of the Authors (11 Dec 2020) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

The article examines the relationship between the characteristics of rain and the properties of the ice cloud from which the rain originated. Our results confirm the widely accepted assumption that the mass flux through the melting zone is well preserved with an exception of extreme aggregation and riming conditions. Moreover, it is shown that the mean (mass-weighted) size of particles above and below the melting zone is strongly linked, with the former being on average larger.