Articles | Volume 11, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-4021-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-4021-2018
Development and technical paper
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05 Oct 2018
Development and technical paper |  | 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)

Sara Bacer, Sylvia C. Sullivan, Vlassis A. Karydis, Donifan Barahona, Martina Krämer, Athanasios Nenes, Holger Tost, Alexandra P. Tsimpidi, Jos Lelieveld, and Andrea Pozzer

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AR by Sara Bacer on behalf of the Authors (11 Jun 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (04 Jul 2018) by Simon Unterstrasser
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (11 Jul 2018) by Simon Unterstrasser
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (21 Jul 2018)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (09 Aug 2018) by Simon Unterstrasser
AR by Sara Bacer on behalf of the Authors (06 Sep 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (12 Sep 2018) by Simon Unterstrasser
AR by Sara Bacer on behalf of the Authors (12 Sep 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
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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.