Ice nucleation of bare and sulfuric acid-coated mineral dust particles and implication for cloud properties

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 119, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 9993-10011

  Kulkarni, Gourihar ^a   Sanders, Cassandra ^b   Zhang, Kai ^a   Liu, Xiaohong ^c   Zhao, Chun ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; COATING; DUST; ICE CRYSTAL; MINERAL; NUCLEATION; PARAMETERIZATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SIMULATION; SULFURIC ACID; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER CONTENT;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929513309     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021567     Document Type: Article

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