Atmospheric ice nuclei at the high-altitude observatory Jungfraujoch, Switzerland

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Conen, Franz ^a   Rodríguez, Sergio ^b   Hüglin, Christoph ^c   Henne, Stephan ^c   Herrmann, Erik ^d   Bukowiecki, Nicolas ^d   Alewell, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Desert dust; Ice nuclei; Seasonal cycle; Slight supercooling

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ASSAY; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DESERT; DUST; ICE; OBSERVATORY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUPERCOOLING;

BERN [SWITZERLAND]; CANARY ISLANDS; JUNGFRAUJOCH; SAHARA; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND; TENERIFE;

EID: 84930966091     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v67.25014     Document Type: Article

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