Editing Openai/680a25f8-9f18-8004-a42d-cd36374ba000 (section)

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* The latent heat cooling impact.
* The corrected sublimation rate with proper diffusion constant.
* The vapor pressure values from Murphy & Koop (2005) and Clausius-Clapeyron.
* The mass flux equation (dm/dtdm/dtdm/dt) and its correct dependency on DDD, ΔP\Delta PΔP, rrr, etc.

===== - I originally overestimated the sublimation mass rate by about 1–2 orders of magnitude (~10⁻¹⁰ kg/s instead of ~10⁻¹² kg/s). =====
* I originally understated the importance of cooling — it's first-order, not a tiny correction.
* I underestimated D at 10 km altitude — it’s around 2.5×10⁻⁴ m²/s, not 2.1×10⁻⁵ m²/s (that was closer to sea level).
* Their dynamic RHi adjustment idea is correct — as ice crystals form and grow, they rapidly deplete vapor locally.

===== - Their tone is harsh, but the math is generally sound. =====
* Their vapor pressure values are slightly rounded differently than Murphy & Koop tabulated values — but they are within acceptable atmospheric physics tolerances (~5–10% differences).
* Some of their timescale claims (like 33 s at RHi 160%) assume "static" RHi — but dynamically, the wake environment collapses RHi faster. (Which they admit later.)

✅ Thus, the ''physics structure'' Grok uses is correct.
✅ The ''corrections to the numerical details'' are valid and verifiable.
✅ The ''core outcome'' matches what we already knew: even after all corrections, sunlit crystals sublimate very quickly.