Heterogeneous nucleation of ice on surrogates of mineral dust

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Knopf, Daniel A ^a,b   Koop, Thomas ^c  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; ICE; NUCLEATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SULFURIC ACID; TEMPERATURE;

CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DUST; NUCLEATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SULFURIC ACID;

EID: 33750627817     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006894     Document Type: Article

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