The ice-nucleating activity of Arctic sea surface microlayer samples and marine algal cultures

Ickes, Luisa; Porter, Grace C. E.; Wagner, Robert; Adams, Michael P.; Bierbauer, Sascha; Bertram, Allan K.; Bilde, Merete; Christiansen, Sigurd; Ekman, Annica M. L.; Gorokhova, Elena; Höhler, Kristina; Kiselev, Alexei A.; Leck, Caroline; Möhler, Ottmar; Murray, Benjamin J.; Schiebel, Thea; Ullrich, Romy; Salter, Matthew E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-11089-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 18

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 11089–11117, 2020

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-11089-2020

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Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 11089–11117, 2020

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-11089-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 18

Research article 29 Sep 2020

Research article | 29 Sep 2020

The ice-nucleating activity of Arctic sea surface microlayer samples and marine algal cultures

Luisa Ickes et al.

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Dataset ice nucleating activity of Arctic sea surface microlayer samples and marine algal cultures Luisa Ickes, Grace C. E. Porter, Robert Wagner, Michael P. Adams, Sascha Bierbauer, Sigurd Christiansen, Kristina Höhler, Thea Schiebel, Romy Ullrich, and Matthew Salter https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000122595

Short summary

The Arctic is a region where aerosols are scarce. Sea spray might be a potential source of aerosols acting as ice-nucleating particles. We investigate two common phytoplankton species (Melosira arctica and Skeletonema marinoi) and present their ice nucleation activity in comparison with Arctic seawater microlayer samples from different field campaigns. We also aim to understand the aerosolization process of marine biological samples and the potential effect on the ice nucleation activity.