Integrating laboratory and field data to quantify the immersion freezing ice nucleation activity of mineral dust particles

DeMott, P. J.; Prenni, A. J.; McMeeking, G. R.; Sullivan, R. C.; Petters, M. D.; Tobo, Y.; Niemand, M.; Möhler, O.; Snider, J. R.; Wang, Z.; Kreidenweis, S. M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-393-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-393-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-393-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

Research article

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13 Jan 2015

Research article |

| 13 Jan 2015

Integrating laboratory and field data to quantify the immersion freezing ice nucleation activity of mineral dust particles

P. J. DeMott, A. J. Prenni, G. R. McMeeking, R. C. Sullivan, M. D. Petters, Y. Tobo, M. Niemand, O. Möhler, J. R. Snider, Z. Wang, and S. M. Kreidenweis

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RC C5254: 'Review of DeMott et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Jul 2014
- AC C7709: 'Response to Referee #1', Paul DeMott, 05 Oct 2014
RC C5501: 'Review of DeMott et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Aug 2014
- AC C7710: 'Response to Referee #2', Paul DeMott, 05 Oct 2014

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ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Oct 2014) by Hang Su

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (26 Nov 2014)

ED: Publish as is (01 Dec 2014) by Hang Su

AR by Paul DeMott on behalf of the Authors (11 Dec 2014)

Short summary

Laboratory and field data are used together to develop an empirical relation between the concentrations of mineral dust particles at sizes above 0.5 microns, approximated as a single compositional type, and ice nucleating particle concentrations measured versus temperature. This should be useful in global modeling of ice cloud formation. The utility of laboratory data for parameterization development is reinforced, and the need for careful interpretation of ice nucleation data is emphasized.