A laboratory investigation of the ice nucleation efficiency of three types of mineral and soil dust

Paramonov, Mikhail; David, Robert O.; Kretzschmar, Ruben; Kanji, Zamin A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-16515-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-16515-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-16515-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 18, issue 22

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21 Nov 2018

Research article |

| 21 Nov 2018

A laboratory investigation of the ice nucleation efficiency of three types of mineral and soil dust

Mikhail Paramonov, Robert O. David, Ruben Kretzschmar, and Zamin A. Kanji

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A laboratory investigation of the ice nucleation efficiency of three types of mineral and soil dust M. Paramonov, R. O. David, R. Kretzschmar, and Z. A. Kanji https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000303568

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The paper presents an overview of the ice nucleation activity of surface-collected mineral and soil dust. Emphasis is placed on disentangling the effects of mineral, biogenic and soluble components of the dust on its ice nucleation activity. The results revealed that it is not possible to predict the ice nucleation activity of the surface-collected dust based on the presence and amount of certain minerals or any particular class of compounds, such as soluble or proteinaceous/organic compounds.