Biological aerosol particles as a key determinant of ice nuclei populations in a forest ecosystem

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 10,100-10,110

  Tobo, Yutaka ^a   Prenni, Anthony J ^a   Demott, Paul J ^a   Huffman, J Alex ^b,c   McCluskey, Christina S ^a   Tian, Guoxun ^a   Pöhlker, Christopher ^c   Pöschl, Ulrich ^c   Kreidenweis, Sonia M ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

biological aerosol particles; forest ecosystem; ice nucleation; ice nuclei; mixed phase clouds

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; NUCLEATION;

BIOLOGICAL AEROSOL; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; ICE NUCLEATION; ICE NUCLEI; MIXED-PHASE CLOUD;

ICE;

AEROSOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NUCLEATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84886008021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50801     Document Type: Article

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