Articles | Volume 17, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-9717-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-9717-2017
Research article
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16 Aug 2017
Research article |  | 16 Aug 2017

Chemistry of riming: the retention of organic and inorganic atmospheric trace constituents

Alexander Jost, Miklós Szakáll, Karoline Diehl, Subir K. Mitra, and Stephan Borrmann

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During riming of graupel and hail, soluble chemical trace constituents contained in the liquid droplets could be retained while freezing onto the glaciated particle, or released back to the air potentially at other altitudes as retained. Quantification of retention constitutes a major uncertainty in numerical models for atmospheric chemistry and improvements hinge upon experimental determination of retention for carboxylic acids, aldehydes, SO2, H2O2, NH2, and others, as presented in this paper.
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