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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-6435-2022
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Mexican agricultural soil dust as a source of ice nucleating particles
Diana L. Pereira
Instituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Posgrado de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
now at: Université Paris Cité and Univ Paris Est Creteil, CNRS, LISA, 75013 Paris, France
Irma Gavilán
Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Consuelo Letechipía
Unidad Académica de Estudio Nucleares, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico
Graciela B. Raga
Instituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Teresa Pi Puig
Instituto de Geología & LANGEM, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Violeta Mugica-Álvarez
Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana – Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico
Harry Alvarez-Ospina
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Irma Rosas
Instituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Leticia Martinez
Instituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Eva Salinas
Instituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Erika T. Quintana
Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico
Daniel Rosas
Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Mexico
Luis A. Ladino
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Instituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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Short summary
Airborne particles were i) collected in an agricultural fields and ii) generated in the laboratory from agricultural soil samples to analyze their ice nucleating abilities. It was found that the size and chemical composition of the Mexican agricultural dust particles influence their ice nucleating behavior, where the organic components are likely responsible for their efficiency as INPs. The INP concentrations from the present study are comparable to those from higher latitudes.
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