Title: The Role of Secondary Ice Processes in Midlatitude Continental Clouds

Journal Article · · Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Clouds contribute very large uncertainties to our understanding of Earth's climate system. This is partly attributed to the insufficient predictive abilities of ice formation processes in clouds and the ramifications for the hydrological cycle and climate. To improve predictions of ice particle concentrations in clouds, a better understanding of the relative contributions of ice nucleating particles and secondary ice processes (SIPs) is needed. To address this challenging question, we combine ice nucleation measurements via immersion freezing of particles filtered from rainwater, with satellite-retrieved cloud top glaciation temperatures of the same clouds, while considering the chemical composition of the rainwater, the particles, and the particles' mass loads. In addition, laboratory-derived ice nucleation parameterization of K-feldspar was implemented in an ice nucleation model in order to reconstruct cloud glaciation temperatures considering primary ice nucleation only. Our laboratory and modeling results suggest that SIPs play a major role in glaciating the investigated clouds system. Furthermore, we show that SIP is controlled by cloud droplet sizes. In summary, our results suggest that the effect of SIP on cloud glaciation temperatures and therefore on Earth's radiation budget, may be significant.

Research Organization:
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER) (SC-23). Climate and Environmental Sciences Division
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0016370
OSTI ID:
1500174
Journal Information:
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Journal Name: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Journal Issue: 22 Vol. 123; ISSN 2169-897X
Publisher:
American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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