Turbulence in mixed-phase clouds

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Mixed-phase clouds play an important role in the correct determination of the Earth's radiative balance but are not as well understood as warm clouds. It has been known for some time that turbulence is important in generating and sustaining mixed-phase clouds and here we present a simple model of a turbulent mixed-phase cloud by coupling a simple adiabatic mixed-phase cloud model with a Lagrangian stochastic model for the vertical velocity. We demonstrate that this model can indeed generate and maintain both liquid water and ice and reproduces qualitatively many features of mixed-phase clouds.