Ice nucleation on mineral dust particles: Onset conditions, nucleation rates and contact angles

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Eastwood, Michael L ^a   Cremel, Sebastien ^a   Gehrke, Clemens ^a   Girard, Eric ^b   Bertram, Allan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CONTACT ANGLE; ICE; KAOLINITE; MICA; NUCLEATION;

DEPOSITION; ICE CRYSTAL; KAOLINITE; MODEL; MUSCOVITE; NUCLEATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

EID: 58849087539     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010639     Document Type: Article

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