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Articles | Volume 14, issue 22
Articles | Volume 14, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12513-2014
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12513-2014
© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 14, issue 22
Research article
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27 Nov 2014
Research article |  | 27 Nov 2014

Competition between water uptake and ice nucleation by glassy organic aerosol particles

T. Berkemeier, M. Shiraiwa, U. Pöschl, and T. Koop

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Glassy organic particles can serve as ice nuclei at low temperatures. We provide a rationale for these findings using a numerical aerosol diffusion model that describes particle phase state and its kinetics during simulated atmospheric updrafts dependent upon composition, size, updraft velocity, temperature and humidity. Our simulations suggest that aerosols from anthropogenic aromatic organics can be particularly relevant for ice cloud formation.
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