2010
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-1369-2010
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Ice nucleation and cloud microphysical properties in tropical tropopause layer cirrus

Abstract: Abstract.In past modeling studies, it has generally been assumed that the predominant mechanism for nucleation of ice in the uppermost troposphere is homogeneous freezing of aqueous aerosols. However, recent in situ and remotesensing measurements of the properties of cirrus clouds at very low temperatures in the tropical tropopause layer (TTL) are broadly inconsistent with theoretial predictions based on the homogeneous freezing assumption. The nearly ubiquitous occurence of gravity waves in the TTL makes the … Show more

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“…High-altitude aircraft sampling in various tropical locations indicated ice concentrations almost exclusively less than 100 L −1 (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16). This result is in conflict with theoretical expectations.…”
Section: Attrex | Ice Nucleicontrasting
confidence: 55%
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“…High-altitude aircraft sampling in various tropical locations indicated ice concentrations almost exclusively less than 100 L −1 (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16). This result is in conflict with theoretical expectations.…”
Section: Attrex | Ice Nucleicontrasting
confidence: 55%
“…This result is in conflict with theoretical expectations. Given the ubiquitous presence of mesoscale-wave temperature fluctuations in the TTL, the conventional theory of ice nucleation via homogeneous freezing of aqueous aerosols predicts much higher ice concentrations (13,15,17). Ice concentrations of approximately 4,000 L −1 in midlatitude wave clouds with strong updrafts have been shown to be consistent with homogeneous freezing theory (18).…”
Section: Attrex | Ice Nucleisupporting
confidence: 50%
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“…Potter and Holton, 1995). High frequency gravity waves influence the cooling rates undergone by air parcels, which has an overwhelming impact on the properties of newly nucleated clouds (Jensen et al, 2010;Dinh et al, 2016;Jensen et al, 2016). 20 So far, most studies investigating the impact of waves on ice clouds have been focusing on temperature anomalies.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%