Ice nucleation by cellulose and its potential contribution to ice formation in clouds

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 273-277

  Hiranuma, N ^a   Mohler O ^a   Yamashita, K ^b,c   Tajiri, T ^b   Saito, A ^b   Kiselev, A ^a   Hoffmann, N ^a   Hoose, C ^a   Jantsch, E ^d   Koop, T ^d   Murakami, M ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

^d BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREEZING; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 84926380037     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2374     Document Type: Article

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