The ice-nucleating ability of quartz immersed in water and its atmospheric importance compared to K-feldspar

Harrison, Alexander D.; Lever, Katherine; Sanchez-Marroquin, Alberto; Holden, Mark A.; Whale, Thomas F.; Tarn, Mark D.; McQuaid, James B.; Murray, Benjamin J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-11343-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 17

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-11343-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-11343-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 17

Research article

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09 Sep 2019

Research article |

| 09 Sep 2019

The ice-nucleating ability of quartz immersed in water and its atmospheric importance compared to K-feldspar

Alexander D. Harrison, Katherine Lever, Alberto Sanchez-Marroquin, Mark A. Holden, Thomas F. Whale, Mark D. Tarn, James B. McQuaid, and Benjamin J. Murray

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RC1: 'Review of “The ice-nucleating ability of quartz immersed in water and its atmospheric importance compared to K-feldspar” by Harrison et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 May 2019
- AC1: 'Response to referee comments (1&2)', A. D. Harrison, 17 Jul 2019
RC2: 'Review of Harrison et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 May 2019
- AC1: 'Response to referee comments (1&2)', A. D. Harrison, 17 Jul 2019
EC1: 'References', Hinrich Grothe, 21 Jul 2019

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AR by A. D. Harrison on behalf of the Authors (05 Aug 2019)

Short summary

Mineral dusts are a source of ice-nucleating particles (INPs) in the atmosphere. Here we present a comprehensive survey of the ice-nucleating ability of naturally occurring quartz. We show the ice-nucleating variability of quartz and its sensitivity to time spent in water and air. We propose four new parameterizations for the minerals quartz, K feldspar, albite and plagioclase to predict INP concentrations in the atmosphere and show that K-feldspar is the dominant INP type in mineral dusts.