Observations of ice nucleation by ambient aerosol in the homogeneous freezing regime

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Richardson, Mathews S ^a,b   DeMott, Paul J ^c   Kreidenweis, Sonia M ^c   Petters, Markus D ^c,d   Carrico, Christian M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosol; homogeneous freezing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; PARTICLE SIZE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AMBIENT PARTICLES; DIFFUSION CHAMBER; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; FREEZING CONDITIONS; FREEZING FRACTIONS; PARAMETRIC REPRESENTATIONS; SINGLE COMPONENTS; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

FREEZING;

EID: 84958531175     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041912     Document Type: Article

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