diff --git a/docs/src/IceNucleationParcel0D.md b/docs/src/IceNucleationParcel0D.md index ed726b6606..35226cbaea 100644 --- a/docs/src/IceNucleationParcel0D.md +++ b/docs/src/IceNucleationParcel0D.md @@ -245,10 +245,13 @@ Between each run the water vapor specific humidity is changed, of the previous run. The prescribed vertical velocity is equal to 3.5 cm/s. Supersaturation is plotted for both liquid (solid lines) and ice (dashed lines). -The pale blue line uses the ``"MohlerRate_Deposition"``approach. When we force +The pale blue line uses the ``"MohlerRate_Deposition"``approach. + We only run it for the first GCM timestep because the rate approach requires + the change in ice saturation over time. With the discontinuous jump in saturation, + the parameterization is unablet to determine a proper nucleation rate. When we force the initial ice crystal number concentration for this simulation to match that in the ``"MohlerAF_Deposition"`` approach, we obtain the same results as - in the `"MohlerAF_Deposition"` approach. + in the `"MohlerAF_Deposition"` approach for the first GCM timestep. ```@example include("../../parcel/Tully_et_al_2023.jl")