Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
GMD
Articles | Volume 16, issue 10
Articles | Volume 16, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-2957-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-2957-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 16, issue 10
Development and technical paper
 | 
30 May 2023
Development and technical paper |  | 30 May 2023

Assessing predicted cirrus ice properties between two deterministic ice formation parameterizations

Colin Tully, David Neubauer, and Ulrike Lohmann

Data sets

Data for the "Technical Note: assessing predicted cirrus ice properties between two deterministic ice formation parameterizations Colin Tully, David Neubauer, and Ulrike Lohmann https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7125683

Data analysis and plotting scripts for the "Technical Note: assessing predicted cirrus ice properties between two deterministic ice formation parameterizations'' manuscript Colin Tully, David Neubauer, and Ulrike Lohmann https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7820144

Model code and software

Software for the "Technical Note: assessing predicted cirrus ice properties between two deterministic ice formation parameterizations" manuscript Colin Tully, David Neubauer, and Ulrike Lohmann https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7610091

Experiment settings files for the "Technical Note: assessing predicted cirrus ice properties between two deterministic ice formation parameterizations'' manuscript Colin Tully, David Neubauer, and Ulrike Lohmann https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7630899

Video supplement

Video Supplement to Technical Note: assessing predicted cirrus ice properties between two deterministic ice formation parameterizations Colin Tully, David Neubauer, and Ulrike Lohmann https://doi.org/10.5446/62071

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Short summary
A new method to simulate deterministic ice nucleation processes based on the differential activated fraction was evaluated against a cumulative approach. Box model simulations of heterogeneous-only ice nucleation within cirrus suggest that the latter approach likely underpredicts the ice crystal number concentration. Longer simulations with a GCM show that choosing between these two approaches impacts ice nucleation competition within cirrus but leads to small and insignificant climate effects.
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