Ice nucleation by combustion ash particles at conditions relevant to mixed-phase clouds

Umo, N. S.; Murray, B. J.; Baeza-Romero, M. T.; Jones, J. M.; Lea-Langton, A. R.; Malkin, T. L.; O'Sullivan, D.; Neve, L.; Plane, J. M. C.; Williams, A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-5195-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-5195-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-5195-2015

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

Articles | Volume 15, issue 9

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11 May 2015

Research article |

| 11 May 2015

Ice nucleation by combustion ash particles at conditions relevant to mixed-phase clouds

N. S. Umo, B. J. Murray, M. T. Baeza-Romero, J. M. Jones, A. R. Lea-Langton, T. L. Malkin, D. O'Sullivan, L. Neve, J. M. C. Plane, and A. Williams

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RC C10352: 'referee comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Dec 2014
RC C10379: 'Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation of Ash Samples', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Dec 2014
RC C10513: 'Interesting and original, but relevance remains to be shown', Anonymous Referee #3, 26 Dec 2014
RC C11437: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #4, 22 Jan 2015
AC C13024: 'Final response to Reviewers' comments', N.S. Umo, 20 Apr 2015

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AR by Nsikanabasi Umo on behalf of the Authors (20 Apr 2015)

ED: Publish as is (21 Apr 2015) by Hinrich Grothe

AR by Nsikanabasi Umo on behalf of the Authors (22 Apr 2015)

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Combustion ash particles nucleate ice in the immersion mode at conditions relevant to mixed-phase clouds. Hence, combustion ashes could play an important role in primary ice formation in mixed-phase clouds, especially in clouds that are formed near the emission source of these aerosol particles. From this study, there is a need to quantify the atmospheric abundance of combustion ashes in order to quantitatively assess the impact of combustion ashes on mixed-phase clouds.