Significant continental source of ice-nucleating particles at the tip of Chile's southernmost Patagonia region

Gong, Xianda; Radenz, Martin; Wex, Heike; Seifert, Patric; Ataei, Farnoush; Henning, Silvia; Baars, Holger; Barja, Boris; Ansmann, Albert; Stratmann, Frank

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-10505-2022

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19 Aug 2022

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Significant continental source of ice-nucleating particles at the tip of Chile's southernmost Patagonia region

Xianda Gong, Martin Radenz, Heike Wex, Patric Seifert, Farnoush Ataei, Silvia Henning, Holger Baars, Boris Barja, Albert Ansmann, and Frank Stratmann

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Ice-nucleating particles at the tip of Chile's southernmost Patagonia region from May 2019 to February 2020 Xianda Gong; Heike Wex; Silvia Henning; Frank Stratmann https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.944440

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The sources of ice-nucleating particles (INPs) are poorly understood in the Southern Hemisphere (SH). We studied INPs in the boundary layer in the southern Patagonia region. No seasonal cycle of INP concentrations was observed. The majority of INPs are biogenic particles, likely from local continental sources. The INP concentrations are higher when strong precipitation occurs. While previous studies focused on marine INP sources in SH, we point out the importance of continental sources of INPs.