Evidence that ice forms primarily in supercooled liquid clouds at temperatures >-27°C

被引：85

作者：

Westbrook, C. D. ^{[1
]}

Illingworth, A. J. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Reading, Dept Meteorol, Reading RG6 6BB, Berks, England

来源：

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 2011年 / 38卷

基金：

英国自然环境研究理事会;

关键词：

WATER; LIDAR;

D O I：

10.1029/2011GL048021

中图分类号：

P [天文学、地球科学];

学科分类号：

07 ;

摘要：

Using 4 years of radar and lidar observations of layer clouds from the Chilbolton Observatory in the UK, we show that almost all (95%) ice particles formed at temperatures > -20 degrees C appear to originate from supercooled liquid clouds. At colder temperatures, there is a monotonic decline in the fraction of liquid-topped ice clouds: 50% at -27 degrees C, falling to zero at -37 degrees C (where homogeneous freezing of water droplets occurs). This strongly suggests that deposition nucleation plays a relatively minor role in the initiation of ice in mid-level clouds. It also means that the initial growth of the ice particles occurs predominantly within a liquid cloud, a situation which promotes rapid production of precipitation via the Bergeron-Findeison mechanism. Citation: Westbrook, C. D., and A. J. Illingworth (2011), Evidence that ice forms primarily in supercooled liquid clouds at temperatures > -27 degrees C, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L14808, doi: 10.1029/2011GL048021.

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Evidence that ice forms primarily in supercooled liquid clouds at temperatures &gt;-27°C

Evidence that ice forms primarily in supercooled liquid clouds at temperatures >-27°C