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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-14215-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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24 Sep 2021
Research article |
| 24 Sep 2021
| 24 Sep 2021
Laboratory and field studies of ice-nucleating particles from open-lot livestock facilities in Texas
Department of Life, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, West Texas
A&M University, Canyon, TX 79016, USA
Brent W. Auvermann
Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Amarillo, TX 79106, USA
Franco Belosi
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research
Council, Bologna, 40129, Italy
Jack Bush
Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Amarillo, TX 79106, USA
Kimberly M. Cory
Department of Life, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, West Texas
A&M University, Canyon, TX 79016, USA
Department of Environmental Toxicology, Texas Tech University,
Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
Dimitrios G. Georgakopoulos
Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens,
118 55, Greece
Kristina Höhler
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Karlsruhe, 76021, Germany
Yidi Hou
Department of Life, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, West Texas
A&M University, Canyon, TX 79016, USA
Larissa Lacher
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Karlsruhe, 76021, Germany
Harald Saathoff
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Karlsruhe, 76021, Germany
Gianni Santachiara
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research
Council, Bologna, 40129, Italy
Xiaoli Shen
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Karlsruhe, 76021, Germany
Department of Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Purdue
University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Isabelle Steinke
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Karlsruhe, 76021, Germany
Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, USA
Romy Ullrich
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Karlsruhe, 76021, Germany
Nsikanabasi S. Umo
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Karlsruhe, 76021, Germany
Hemanth S. K. Vepuri
Department of Life, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, West Texas
A&M University, Canyon, TX 79016, USA
Franziska Vogel
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Karlsruhe, 76021, Germany
Ottmar Möhler
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Karlsruhe, 76021, Germany
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Short summary
We present laboratory and field studies showing that an open-lot livestock facility is a substantial source of atmospheric ice-nucleating particles (INPs). The ambient concentration of INPs from livestock facilities in Texas is very high. It is up to several thousand INPs per liter below –20 °C and may impact regional aerosol–cloud interactions. About 50% of feedlot INPs were supermicron in diameter. No notable amount of known ice-nucleating microorganisms was found in our feedlot samples.
We present laboratory and field studies showing that an open-lot livestock facility is a...
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