The contribution of Saharan dust to the ice-nucleating particle concentrations at the High Altitude Station Jungfraujoch (3580&thinsp;m&thinsp;a.s.l.), Switzerland

Brunner, Cyril; Brem, Benjamin T.; Collaud Coen, Martine; Conen, Franz; Hervo, Maxime; Henne, Stephan; Steinbacher, Martin; Gysel-Beer, Martin; Kanji, Zamin A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-18029-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-18029-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-18029-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 23

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09 Dec 2021

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The contribution of Saharan dust to the ice-nucleating particle concentrations at the High Altitude Station Jungfraujoch (3580 m a.s.l.), Switzerland

Cyril Brunner, Benjamin T. Brem, Martine Collaud Coen, Franz Conen, Maxime Hervo, Stephan Henne, Martin Steinbacher, Martin Gysel-Beer, and Zamin A. Kanji

Data sets

Dataset to: The contribution of Saharan dust to the ice nucleating particle concentrations at the High Altitude Station Jungfraujoch (3580 m a.s.l.), Switzerland Cyril Brunner, Benjamin T. Brem, M. Collaud Coen, Franz Conen, Maxime Hervo, Stephan Henne, Martin Steinbacher, Martin Gysel-Beer, Zamin Kanji https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000515082

Short summary

Special microscopic particles called ice-nucleating particles (INPs) are essential for ice crystals to form in the atmosphere. INPs are sparse and their atmospheric concentration and properties are not well understood. Mineral dust particles make up a significant fraction of INPs but how much remains unknown. Here, we address this knowledge gap by studying periods when mineral particles are present in large quantities at a mountaintop station in central Europe.