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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-16925-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-16925-2021
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Research article
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23 Nov 2021
Research article |
| 23 Nov 2021
| 23 Nov 2021
Sources and nature of ice-nucleating particles in the free troposphere at Jungfraujoch in winter 2017
Department of Environmental System Sciences, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Hans-Christian Clemen
Particle Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Xiaoli Shen
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
now at: Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, 47907, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
Stephan Mertes
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Martin Gysel-Beer
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232, Villigen, Switzerland
Alireza Moallemi
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232, Villigen, Switzerland
Martin Steinbacher
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
Stephan Henne
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
Harald Saathoff
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Ottmar Möhler
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Kristina Höhler
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Thea Schiebel
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Daniel Weber
Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
now at: Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute, 76187 Karlsruhe, Germany
Jann Schrod
Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
Johannes Schneider
Particle Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Department of Environmental System Sciences, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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Short summary
We investigate ice-nucleating particle properties at Jungfraujoch during the 2017 joint INUIT/CLACE field campaign, to improve the knowledge about those rare particles in a cloud-relevant environment. By quantifying ice-nucleating particles in parallel to single-particle mass spectrometry measurements, we find that mineral dust and aged sea spray particles are potential candidates for ice-nucleating particles. Our findings are supported by ice residual analysis and source region modeling.
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