CC BY 3.0 UnportedBühl, JohannesSeifert, PatricMyagkov, AlexanderAnsmann, Albert2017-09-082019-06-262016https://doi.org/10.34657/1106https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/895An analysis of the Cloudnet data set collected at Leipzig, Germany, with special focus on mixed-phase layered clouds is presented. We derive liquid- and ice-water content together with vertical motions of ice particles falling through cloud base. The ice mass flux is calculated by combining measurements of ice-water content and particle Doppler velocity. The efficiency of heterogeneous ice formation and its impact on cloud lifetime is estimated for different cloud-top temperatures by relating the ice mass flux and the liquid-water content at cloud top. Cloud radar measurements of polarization and Doppler velocity indicate that ice crystals formed in mixed-phase cloud layers with a geometrical thickness of less than 350 m are mostly pristine when they fall out of the cloud.application/pdfenghttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/550Article