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14 Sep 2017
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Uncertainty in counting ice nucleating particles with continuous flow diffusion chambers
Sarvesh Garimella
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Daniel A. Rothenberg
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Martin J. Wolf
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Robert O. David
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Zamin A. Kanji
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Chien Wang
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Michael Rösch
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Daniel J. Cziczo
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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This study investigates systematic and variable low bias in the measurement of ice nucleating particle concentration using continuous flow diffusion chambers. We find that non-ideal instrument behavior exposes particles to different humidities and/or temperatures than predicted from theory. We use a machine learning approach to quantify and minimize the uncertainty associated with this measurement bias.
This study investigates systematic and variable low bias in the measurement of ice nucleating...
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