Terrestrial and airborne non-bacterial ice nuclei

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 215-219

  Henderson Begg, S K ^a   Hill, T ^b   Thyrhaug, R ^c   Khan, M ^a   Moffett, B F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Fungi; Ice nucleation; Lichen

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; FREEZING; FUNGUS; ICE; LICHEN; NUCLEATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 77949336859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.241     Document Type: Article

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