Ice nucleation properties of fine ash particles from the Eyjafjallajökull eruption in April 2010

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 12945-12958

  Steinke, I ^a   Mohler O ^a   Kiselev, A ^a   Niemand, M ^a   Saathoff, H ^a   Schnaiter, M ^a   Skrotzki, J ^a   Hoose, C ^a   Leisner, T ^a,b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; FREEZING; GLACIATION; ICE; NUCLEATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; ICELAND;

EID: 84055217997     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-12945-2011     Document Type: Article

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