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Abstract

An introduction section discusses aspects of the basic design of the CRBPP that are criticized by Rangno and Hobbs (RH). Individual sections reply to the following five aspects of our analysis discussed by RH: diffusion of seeding agent, anomalously high nucleus counts, statistical analysis based on 6 h blocks, duration alteration, and the question of multiplicity in the analysis. The concluding section states that the analyses support the concept that cloud-top nucleation dominates the water balance under stable orographic conditions.