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Time dependence of heterogeneous ice nucleation by ambient aerosols: laboratory observations and a formulation for models
Jonas K. F. Jakobsson
Division of Nuclear Physics, Department of Physics, Lund University,
Lund, Sweden
Deepak B. Waman
Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science (INES), Lund
University, Lund, Sweden
Vaughan T. J. Phillips
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Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science (INES), Lund
University, Lund, Sweden
Thomas Bjerring Kristensen
Division of Nuclear Physics, Department of Physics, Lund University,
Lund, Sweden
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Short summary
Long-lived cold-layer clouds at subzero temperatures are observed to be remarkably persistent in their generation of ice particles and snow precipitation. There is uncertainty about why this is so. This motivates the present lab study to observe the long-term ice-nucleating ability of aerosol samples from the real troposphere. Time dependence of their ice nucleation is observed to be weak in lab experiments exposing the samples to isothermal conditions for up to about 10 h.
Long-lived cold-layer clouds at subzero temperatures are observed to be remarkably persistent in...
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