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<article-title>Impact of seeder-feeder cloud interaction on precipitation formation: a case study based on extensive remote-sensing, in-situ and model data</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ohneiser</surname>
<given-names>Kevin</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Seifert</surname>
<given-names>Patric</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Schimmel</surname>
<given-names>Willi</given-names>
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</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Senf</surname>
<given-names>Fabian</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1685-2657</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Gaudek</surname>
<given-names>Tom</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Radenz</surname>
<given-names>Martin</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7771-033X</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Teisseire</surname>
<given-names>Audrey</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6018-2032</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ettrichrätz</surname>
<given-names>Veronika</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0071-5415</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Vogl</surname>
<given-names>Teresa</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6696-4967</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Maherndl</surname>
<given-names>Nina</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-1534</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Pfeifer</surname>
<given-names>Nils</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5350-1445</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Henneberger</surname>
<given-names>Jan</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6979-3174</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Miller</surname>
<given-names>Anna J.</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9921-8477</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Omanovic</surname>
<given-names>Nadja</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6252-5131</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Fuchs</surname>
<given-names>Christopher</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5669-4301</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Zhang</surname>
<given-names>Huiying</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5336-3724</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ramelli</surname>
<given-names>Fabiola</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Spirig</surname>
<given-names>Robert</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Kötsche</surname>
<given-names>Anton</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Kalesse-Los</surname>
<given-names>Heike</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6699-7040</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Maahn</surname>
<given-names>Maximilian</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2580-9100</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Corden</surname>
<given-names>Heather</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">
<sup>5</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Berne</surname>
<given-names>Alexis</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4977-1204</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">
<sup>5</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Hajipour</surname>
<given-names>Majid</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6526-3767</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Griesche</surname>
<given-names>Hannes</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8696-7359</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Hofer</surname>
<given-names>Julian</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6657-4072</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Engelmann</surname>
<given-names>Ronny</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4225-9961</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Skupin</surname>
<given-names>Annett</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ansmann</surname>
<given-names>Albert</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5382-8440</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Baars</surname>
<given-names>Holger</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2316-8960</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Leipzig Institute for Meteorology (LIM), Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff3">
<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff4">
<label>4</label>
<addr-line>Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff5">
<label>5</label>
<addr-line>Environmental Remote Sensing Laboratory, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>18</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2025</year>
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<volume>2025</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>38</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2025 Kevin Ohneiser et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2025</copyright-year>
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<abstract>
<p>A comprehensive approach to study the seeder-feeder mechanism in unprecedented detail from a combined remote-sensing, in-situ, and model perspective is shown. This publication aims at investigating the role of the interplay of a seeder-feeder cloud system and its influence on precipitation formation based on a case study from 8 Jan 2024 observed over the Swiss Plateau in Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The case study offers an ideal setup for applying several advanced remote-sensing techniques and retrieval algorithms, including fall streak tracking, radar Doppler peak separation, dual-wavelength radar applications, a liquid detection retrieval, a riming retrieval, and an ice crystals shape retrieval. Results indicate that a large portion of the ice mass was rimed, which is attributed to the persistent coexistence of falling ice crystals and supercooled water within low-level supercooled liquid water layers. The interaction of the seeder and feeder clouds results in a significant precipitation enhancement. This has implications on the water cycle. It is also found that precipitation was significantly underestimated by the operational ICON-D2 model runs during the seeder-feeder process. Contrarily, during periods when the cloud system does not interact, the precipitation is significantly overestimated by the model.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This study aims at giving an overview from a remote-sensing, in-situ and model perspective on a seeder-feeder event in an unprecedented detail by exploiting a big set of retrievals applicable to big remote-sensing and in situ data. Utilizing different retrievals gives a consistent view on the seeder-feeder case study which is an important basis for future studies. It is demonstrated how the improved understanding of seeder-feeder interactions can contribute to enhancing weather forecast models, particularly in regions affected by persistent low-level supercooled stratus clouds.</p>
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