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Articles | Volume 21, issue 2
Articles | Volume 21, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-657-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-657-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 21, issue 2
Research article
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18 Jan 2021
Research article |  | 18 Jan 2021

Towards parameterising atmospheric concentrations of ice-nucleating particles active at moderate supercooling

Claudia Mignani, Jörg Wieder, Michael A. Sprenger, Zamin A. Kanji, Jan Henneberger, Christine Alewell, and Franz Conen

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Most precipitation above land starts with ice in clouds. It is promoted by extremely rare particles. Some ice-nucleating particles (INPs) cause cloud droplets to already freeze above −15°C, a temperature at which many clouds begin to snow. We found that the abundance of such INPs among other particles of similar size is highest in precipitating air masses and lowest when air carries desert dust. This brings us closer to understanding the interactions between land, clouds, and precipitation.
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