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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-4021-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-4021-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Development and technical paper
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05 Oct 2018
Development and technical paper |
| 05 Oct 2018
| 05 Oct 2018
Implementation of a comprehensive ice crystal formation parameterization for cirrus and mixed-phase clouds in the EMAC model (based on MESSy 2.53)
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Sylvia C. Sullivan
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
Vlassis A. Karydis
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
now at: Institute for Energy and Climate Research – 8, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
Donifan Barahona
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Martina Krämer
Institute for Energy and Climate Research – 7, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
Athanasios Nenes
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
ICE-HT, Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas, Greece
IERSD, National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and Their Impacts, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Holger Tost
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Alexandra P. Tsimpidi
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Jos Lelieveld
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Energy, Environment and Water Research Center, The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus
Andrea Pozzer
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
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Short summary
The complexity of ice nucleation mechanisms and aerosol--ice interactions makes their representation still challenging in atmospheric models. We have implemented a comprehensive ice crystal formation parameterization in the global chemistry-climate model EMAC to improve the representation of ice crystal number concentrations. The newly implemented parameterization takes into account processes which were previously neglected by the standard version of the model.
The complexity of ice nucleation mechanisms and aerosol--ice interactions makes their...
