Ship-based measurements of ice nuclei concentrations over the Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific and Southern oceans

Welti, André; Bigg, E. Keith; DeMott, Paul J.; Gong, Xianda; Hartmann, Markus; Harvey, Mike; Henning, Silvia; Herenz, Paul; Hill, Thomas C. J.; Hornblow, Blake; Leck, Caroline; Löffler, Mareike; McCluskey, Christina S.; Rauker, Anne Marie; Schmale, Julia; Tatzelt, Christian; van Pinxteren, Manuela; Stratmann, Frank

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-15191-2020

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08 Dec 2020

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| 08 Dec 2020

Ship-based measurements of ice nuclei concentrations over the Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific and Southern oceans

André Welti, E. Keith Bigg, Paul J. DeMott, Xianda Gong, Markus Hartmann, Mike Harvey, Silvia Henning, Paul Herenz, Thomas C. J. Hill, Blake Hornblow, Caroline Leck, Mareike Löffler, Christina S. McCluskey, Anne Marie Rauker, Julia Schmale, Christian Tatzelt, Manuela van Pinxteren, and Frank Stratmann

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RC1: 'referee comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Jul 2020
- AC1: 'Response to the Comment of Reviewer 1', André Welti, 08 Oct 2020
RC2: 'Review of manuscript acp-2020-466', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Aug 2020
- AC2: 'Response to the Comment of Reviewer 2', André Welti, 08 Oct 2020
AC3: 'Trackchanges revised version of the manuscript', André Welti, 08 Oct 2020

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AR by André Welti on behalf of the Authors (19 Oct 2020)

Short summary

Ship-based measurements of maritime ice nuclei concentrations encompassing all oceans are compiled. From this overview it is found that maritime ice nuclei concentrations are typically 10–100 times lower than over continents, while concentrations are surprisingly similar in different oceanic regions. The analysis of the influence of ship emissions shows no effect on the data, making ship-based measurements an efficient strategy for the large-scale exploration of ice nuclei concentrations.