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arxiv: 2308.05015 · v3 · submitted 2023-08-07 · ⚛️ physics.flu-dyn · physics.ao-ph

Immersion freezing in particle-based aerosol-cloud microphysics: a probabilistic perspective on singular and time-dependent models

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classification ⚛️ physics.flu-dyn physics.ao-ph
keywords immersion freezingice nucleationsingular parameterizationtime-dependent parameterizationparticle-based microphysicsaerosol-cloud interactionscloud modelingcooling rate dependence
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The pith

Singular immersion freezing models apply only under limited ambient cooling rates.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper contrasts singular and time-dependent parameterizations for immersion freezing of cloud droplets containing ice-nucleating particles. It demonstrates through box-model tests that the singular approach functions as a time-integrated version of the time-dependent one but holds only for restricted cooling-rate profiles. Two-dimensional prescribed-flow simulations then show how applying singular models outside chamber-like conditions affects frozen-fraction evolution and particle sampling in super-particle methods. The work concludes that time-dependent, water-activity-based formulations integrate more readily with detailed aerosol composition and collisional processes in particle-based cloud microphysics.

Core claim

The singular approach constitutes a time-integrated form of a more general time-dependent approach and is only applicable under a limited range of ambient cooling rates. The time-dependent approach is suitable for integration with particle-based model components that resolve detailed aerosol composition and collisional growth or breakup. Flow-coupled aerosol-budget-resolving simulations reveal both the benefits and the sampling challenges of modeling cloud condensation nuclei activation and immersion freezing on insoluble ice nuclei with super-particle methods.

What carries the argument

Singular versus time-dependent parameterization of immersion freezing, viewed probabilistically within particle-based aerosol-cloud microphysics.

If this is right

  • Singular models produce incorrect frozen fractions when ambient cooling rates depart from the narrow range for which they were calibrated.
  • Time-dependent formulations remain consistent across cooling-rate variations and couple directly to water-activity-based nucleation rates.
  • Super-particle representations of sparse INPs require careful attribute-space sampling to avoid statistical bias in nucleation events.
  • Aerosol-budget-resolving simulations can track collisional processing of INPs when the time-dependent approach is used.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Cloud models that embed singular parameterizations may underestimate or overestimate ice formation in regions with strong vertical motion or turbulence.
  • Extending the analysis to three-dimensional large-eddy simulations would test whether the cooling-rate limitation persists under realistic flow variability.
  • The sampling challenges identified for sparse INPs likely apply to other rare-event processes such as homogeneous freezing or droplet coalescence.

Load-bearing premise

Parameterizations derived from cloud-chamber experiments can be directly applied to ambient cloud flow regimes without additional validation of cooling-rate dependence.

What would settle it

A side-by-side comparison of frozen-fraction evolution under a range of controlled cooling-rate profiles that match both chamber experiments and ambient cloud flows, using the same immersed surface spectrum, would show whether the singular model deviates systematically outside its claimed validity range.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2308.05015 by Ann M. Fridlind, Daniel A. Knopf, Israel Silber, Jeffrey H. Curtis, Matthew West, Nicole Riemer, Sylwester Arabas.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Conceptual representation of the aerosol-cloud droplet activation and immersion freezing processes and their numerical implementation. Left: Depiction of the physical processes. Right: Numerical implementation using super-particles. See section 2.3 and 4 for discussion. 2.3.1 Time-dependent scheme using ABIFM parameterization The time-dependent Monte-Carlo model explored herein uses the stochastic water-ac… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: The INAS ns(T) curve with parameters from Niemand et al. (2012) (black filled squares) and a set of three ABIFM curves corresponding to three different cooling rates c plotted (teal solid lines). the multiplicities (stemming from coarser size-spectral resolution), the larger will be the spread among different Monte-Carlo realizations of the process. 2.3.2 Singular scheme using INAS parameterization The sin… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Two-dimensional probability densities as a function of immersed insoluble surface area S and freezing tem￾perature T, p(S, T), used for sampling the initial conditions for the box model simulations presented in Section 3.3, using geometric standard deviation σg = exp(0.05) (top), σg = exp(0.25) (middle), and σg = exp(1.25) (bottom). The marginals with respect to S and T are shown above and on the right, re… view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Schematic of operation of time-dependent (top) and singular (bottom) immersion freezing models. Left: parti￾cle attribute sampling strategy at initialization. Middle: evolving particle dynamics of super-particles during the simulations. Right: aggregation of results as frozen fractions as a function of time. Gray line on the temperature plot indicates ice melt￾ing point. 3.2 Response of simulated frozen fr… view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Temporal evolution of prescribed temperature and resulting frozen fractions calculated using the singular scheme and the time-dependent scheme. Three realizations are shown for each case. (a) Linear temperature decrease, with temperature gradient comparable to the experimental conditions that were used to derive the parameterizations. (b) Linear temperature decrease, temperature gradient lower than in case… view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: Detailed view of one singular and one time-dependent realizations depicted in panel (f) of [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_6.png] view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Frozen fraction as a function of temperature comparing simulations using singular (INAS, black markers) and time-dependent (ABIFM, teal symbols) parameterizations. For reference, the broken lines indicate the analytic cumulative distribution functions corresponding to monodisperse particle populations with surface areas equal to the median (red), 10 times the median (burgundy) and 1/10 of the median (yello… view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: Frozen fraction as a function of temperature comparing simulations using singular (INAS, black markers) and time-dependent (ABIFM, teal symbols) parameterizations. Diagrams constructed as in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p017_8.png] view at source ↗
Figure 9
Figure 9. Figure 9: Flow field pattern visualized with arrows depicting air velocity. Initial relative humidity field plotted with colored filled cells. qv = (7.5−6.66) = 0.84 g/kg (where the minuends are the values from the original setup of Morrison & Grabowski, 2007, used for warm-rain simulations, and the subtrahends are arbitrarily chosen for the relative humidity pro￾file to roughly match). The dry-air density profile i… view at source ↗
Figure 10
Figure 10. Figure 10: Renderings of snapshots of the prescribed-flow simulations at t = 600s, t = 1800s and t = 6000s, with super-droplets depicted as solid spheres colored by: (a) (wet) radius (from yellow: aerosol to blue: droplets), (b) immersed surface area (for time-dependent scheme, values of zero correspond to INP-void super-particles) and (c) freezing temperature (for singular scheme, INP-void particles plotted with ye… view at source ↗
Figure 11
Figure 11. Figure 11: Aggregated results from twelve prescribed-flow simulations, performed for three different stream-function am￾plitudes A and for both singular (solid lines) and time-dependent (dashed lines) immersion freezing representations, for two different values of the random seed each. Panel (a) depicts the time evolution of ice concentration, with the initial spinup period (freezing disabled) indicated with gray li… view at source ↗
read the original abstract

Cloud droplets containing ice-nucleating particles (INPs) may freeze at temperatures above the homogeneous freezing threshold temperature. This process, referred to as immersion freezing, is one of the modulators of aerosol-cloud interactions in the Earth's atmosphere. In modeling studies, immersion freezing is often described using either so-called "singular" or "time-dependent" parameterizations. Here, we juxtapose both approaches and discuss them in the context of probabilistic particle-based cloud microphysics modeling. First, using a box model, we contrast how both parameterizations respond to different idealized ambient cooling rate profiles and quantify the impact of the polydispersity of the immersed surface spectrum on the frozen fraction evolution. Second, using a prescribed-flow two-dimensional cloud model, we illustrate the implications of applying the singular model in simulations with flow regimes relevant to ambient cloud conditions rather than to the cloud-chamber experiments on which these parameterizations are built upon. We discuss the critical role of the attribute-space sampling strategy for particle-based model simulations in modeling heterogeneous ice nucleation which is contingent on the presence of relatively sparse immersed INPs. The key takeaways include: (i) The singular approach, constituting a time-integrated form of a more general time-dependent approach, is only applicable under a limited range of ambient cooling rates. (ii) The time-dependent approach, especially when based on water-activity, is suitable for integration with particle-based model components of detailed aerosol composition and collisional growth/breakup. (iii) A flow-coupled aerosol-budget-resolving simulation shows the benefits and challenges of modeling cloud condensation nuclei activation and immersion freezing on insoluble ice nuclei with super-particle methods.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

1 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript compares singular and time-dependent parameterizations for immersion freezing within particle-based aerosol-cloud microphysics. Box-model experiments with idealized cooling-rate profiles quantify differences in frozen-fraction evolution arising from polydispersity of the immersed surface spectrum. A prescribed-flow two-dimensional cloud model then illustrates consequences of applying the singular parameterization under ambient-relevant flows, stressing the importance of attribute-space sampling for sparse INPs. Central claims are that the singular approach is a time-integrated form of the time-dependent model and is applicable only under a limited range of cooling rates, while the time-dependent (especially water-activity-based) approach integrates more readily with detailed aerosol and collisional processes.

Significance. If substantiated, the result would guide parameterization choice in cloud microphysics, particularly for super-particle methods. The dual use of controlled box-model cooling profiles and 2D flow simulations bridges chamber-derived parameterizations to ambient regimes, and the explicit treatment of sampling strategies for sparse INPs is a practical contribution.

major comments (1)
  1. [prescribed-flow two-dimensional cloud model] In the prescribed-flow two-dimensional cloud model section, the distribution of instantaneous cooling rates experienced by super-particles is not reported. Without this mapping to the box-model threshold range, it remains unclear whether the illustrated differences arise from cooling-rate mismatch or from attribute-space sampling of sparse INPs or the prescribed flow itself; this step is load-bearing for the limited-applicability claim.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] The abstract states that the box model 'quantifies the impact' of polydispersity but does not name the quantitative metric (e.g., difference in frozen fraction at a given temperature or integrated error).
  2. [box-model experiments] The precise numerical bounds defining the 'limited range of ambient cooling rates' for which the singular model holds are not tabulated or stated explicitly with reference to the box-model results.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their constructive comments. We address the single major comment below.

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  1. Referee: In the prescribed-flow two-dimensional cloud model section, the distribution of instantaneous cooling rates experienced by super-particles is not reported. Without this mapping to the box-model threshold range, it remains unclear whether the illustrated differences arise from cooling-rate mismatch or from attribute-space sampling of sparse INPs or the prescribed flow itself; this step is load-bearing for the limited-applicability claim.

    Authors: We agree that the distribution of instantaneous cooling rates experienced by super-particles in the 2D prescribed-flow simulation was not reported and that providing this information would strengthen the connection to the box-model results. In the revised manuscript we will add a new panel (or supplementary figure) showing the histogram of cooling rates sampled by the super-particles together with a quantitative mapping onto the range of idealized cooling-rate profiles examined in the box-model section. This addition will allow readers to assess the degree to which the observed differences are attributable to cooling-rate regimes outside the singular-model validity range versus attribute-space sampling effects. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: paper contrasts established parameterizations via external benchmarks

full rationale

The paper's core claim—that the singular model is a time-integrated form of the time-dependent model and only applicable under limited cooling rates—is advanced through direct numerical comparison of two published parameterizations against idealized cooling profiles (box model) and prescribed ambient flows (2D model). No step reduces a prediction to a fitted input by construction, invokes a self-citation as the sole justification for a uniqueness theorem, or renames a known result as a new derivation. The attribute-space sampling discussion and water-activity formulation are presented as independent modeling choices, not derived from the authors' prior outputs. The derivation chain therefore remains self-contained against external benchmarks.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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Abstract-only review yields no explicit free parameters, axioms, or invented entities beyond standard microphysics assumptions; no new entities postulated.

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