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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Partition between supercooled liquid droplets and ice crystals in mixed-phase clouds based on airborne in situ observations
Flor Vanessa Maciel
Department of Meteorology and Climate Science, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192, USA
currently at: Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Department of Meteorology and Climate Science, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192, USA
Ching An Yang
Department of Meteorology and Climate Science, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192, USA
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Short summary
The partition between supercooled liquid water and ice crystals in mixed-phase clouds is investigated using aircraft-based in situ observations over the Southern Ocean. A novel method is developed to define four phases of mixed-phase clouds. Relationships between cloud macrophysical and microphysical properties are quantified. Effects of aerosols and thermodynamic and dynamical conditions on ice nucleation and phase partitioning are examined.
The partition between supercooled liquid water and ice crystals in mixed-phase clouds is...