African dust aerosols as atmospheric ice nuclei

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2003, Pages

  DeMott, Paul J ^a   Sassen, Kenneth ^b   Poellot, Michael R ^c   Baumgardner, Darrel ^d   Rogers, David C ^e   Brooks, Sarah D ^a   Prenni, Anthony J ^a   Kreidenweis, Sonia M ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; DUST; ICE; AEROSOLS;

DUST AEROSOLS; AEROSOL PARTICLES; ATMOSPHERIC ICE; CLOUD PROPERTIES; FREEZING CONDITIONS; ICE NUCLEATION; MEASUREMENTS OF; SOURCE REGION;

GEOPHYSICS; ICE;

AEROSOL; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DUST;

EID: 0141976756     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017410     Document Type: Article

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