Quantifying ice crystal growth rates in natural clouds from glaciogenic cloud seeding experiments

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Field experiments quantify growth rates of ice crystals in mixed-phase clouds, indicating vapor diffusion is key.

Growth rates of ice crystals ranged from 0.17 to 0.81 µm s−1, highlighting variations due to microphysical characteristics.
Fourteen seeding experiments were conducted within a temperature range of −5.1 to −8.3 °C, enabling in situ measurements.
Innovative cloud seeding experiments provided valuable insights into the relationship between growth rates and cloud processes.
Findings align with laboratory data, suggesting that ice crystal growth in natural clouds can validate existing models.

Fuchs et al. (2025) studied this question.

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