Efficiency of the deposition mode ice nucleation on mineral dust particles

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3007-3021

  Mohler O ^a   Field, P R ^b,e   Connolly, P ^c   Benz, S ^a   Saathoff, H ^a   Schnaiter, M ^a   Wagner, R ^a   Cotton, R ^b   Kramer M ^d   Mangold, A ^d,f   Heymsfield, A J ^e  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLOUD; DUST; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ICE; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AFRICA; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SAHARA; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 33746200046     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-3007-2006     Document Type: Article

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