Articles | Volume 22, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-12607-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-12607-2022
Research article
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28 Sep 2022
Research article |  | 28 Sep 2022

Ice-nucleating particles near two major dust source regions

Charlotte M. Beall, Thomas C. J. Hill, Paul J. DeMott, Tobias Köneman, Michael Pikridas, Frank Drewnick, Hartwig Harder, Christopher Pöhlker, Jos Lelieveld, Bettina Weber, Minas Iakovides, Roman Prokeš, Jean Sciare, Meinrat O. Andreae, M. Dale Stokes, and Kimberly A. Prather

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Data from: Ice-nucleating particles near two major dust source regions C. M. Beall, T. C. J. Hill, P. J. DeMott, T. Könemann, M. Pikridas, F. Drewnick, H. Harder, C. Pöhlker, J. Lelieveld, B. Weber, M. Iakovides, R. Prokes, J. Sciare, M. Andreae, O. Meinrat, M. D. Stokes, and K. A. Prather https://doi.org/10.6075/J0X0676P

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Ice-nucleating particles (INPs) are rare aerosols that can trigger ice formation in clouds and affect climate-relevant cloud properties such as phase, reflectivity and lifetime. Dust is the dominant INP source, yet few measurements have been reported near major dust sources. We report INP observations within hundreds of kilometers of the biggest dust source regions globally: the Sahara and the Arabian Peninsula. Results show that at temperatures > −15 °C, INPs are dominated by organics.
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