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A Warming Arctic Will Not Affect Supercooling Levels of Cloud Water Droplets
One School Global, Sydney Campus, Sydney, Australia
One School Global, Palmerston North Campus, Palmerston North, New Zealand
One School Global, Rome Campus, Rome, Italy
One School Global, Maple Creek Campus, Maple Creek, Canada
One School Global, Hawera Campus, Hawera, New Zealand
One School Global, Brisbane Campus, Brisbane, Australia
One School Global, Sydney Campus, Sydney, Australia
One School Global, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
- 1 One School Global, Sydney Campus, Sydney, Australia
- 2 One School Global, Palmerston North Campus, Palmerston North, New Zealand
- 3 One School Global, Rome Campus, Rome, Italy
- 4 One School Global, Maple Creek Campus, Maple Creek, Canada
- 5 One School Global, Hawera Campus, Hawera, New Zealand
- 6 One School Global, Brisbane Campus, Brisbane, Australia
- 7 One School Global, Sydney Campus, Sydney, Australia
- 8 One School Global, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
Atmospheric and Climate Sciences·Volume 16 (2026)·Pages 576–583·Published 1 July 2026·DOI10.4236/acs.2026.163029
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Abstract
It is now well understood that Arctic regions are warming more rapidly than other areas of Earth. Cloud formation and levels of supercooling of water droplets in clouds might be thought vulnerable to such change. We discuss here the lack of affect the highest temperature reached by the droplets has on the supercooling ability and so show that the warming Arctic is unable to affect the actual freezing temperature of clouds, at a given level of supercooling and so with a given level of nucleation site(s).
KeywordsArcticSupercoolingWaterDropletsFreezing
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