Size-dependent ice nucleation by airborne particles during dust events in the eastern Mediterranean

Reicher, Naama; Budke, Carsten; Eickhoff, Lukas; Raveh-Rubin, Shira; Kaplan-Ashiri, Ifat; Koop, Thomas; Rudich, Yinon

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-11143-2019

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Size-dependent ice nucleation by airborne particles during dust events in the eastern Mediterranean

Naama Reicher, Carsten Budke, Lukas Eickhoff, Shira Raveh-Rubin, Ifat Kaplan-Ashiri, Thomas Koop, and Yinon Rudich

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Size-dependence immersion freezing N. Reicher, C. Budke, L. Eickhoff, S. Raveh-Rubin, I. Kaplan-Ashiri, T. Koop, and Y. Rudich https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/GPUQT

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We characterized size-segregated airborne ice-nucleating particles (INPs) during dust storm events in the eastern Mediterranean. We found that particle size can predict its activity, and in general, larger particles are better INPs. The activity of supermicron particles dominated by desert mineral dust was similar between the different dust events regardless of the high variability of the geographic source desert and atmospheric journey.