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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-9663-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-9663-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
29 Jul 2022
Research article |
| 29 Jul 2022
| 29 Jul 2022
The ice-nucleating activity of African mineral dust in the Caribbean boundary layer
Alexander D. Harrison
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane,
Leeds, England
Daniel O'Sullivan
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane,
Leeds, England
Michael P. Adams
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane,
Leeds, England
Grace C. E. Porter
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane,
Leeds, England
Edmund Blades
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Martindales Road, St. Michael, Barbados
Cherise Brathwaite
Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology, Bridgetown,
Barbados
Rebecca Chewitt-Lucas
Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology, Bridgetown,
Barbados
Cassandra Gaston
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of
Miami, Miami, USA
Rachel Hawker
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane,
Leeds, England
Ovid O. Krüger
Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry,
Mainz, Germany
Leslie Neve
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane,
Leeds, England
Mira L. Pöhlker
Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry,
Mainz, Germany
Experimental Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics Department, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig,
Germany
Institute for Meteorology, University of Leipzig, Stephanstraße,
Leipzig, Germany
Christopher Pöhlker
Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry,
Mainz, Germany
Ulrich Pöschl
Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry,
Mainz, Germany
Alberto Sanchez-Marroquin
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane,
Leeds, England
Andrea Sealy
Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology, Bridgetown,
Barbados
Peter Sealy
AEROCE Research Facility, Ragged Point, St Philip, Barbados
Mark D. Tarn
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane,
Leeds, England
Shanice Whitehall
Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology, Bridgetown,
Barbados
James B. McQuaid
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane,
Leeds, England
Kenneth S. Carslaw
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane,
Leeds, England
Joseph M. Prospero
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of
Miami, Miami, USA
Benjamin J. Murray
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane,
Leeds, England
Data sets
Data associated with 'The ice-nucleating activity of African mineral dust in the Caribbean boundary layer' A. D. Harrison, D. O'Sullivan, M. P. Adams, G. C. E. Porter, and B. Murray https://doi.org/10.5518/1099
Short summary
The formation of ice in clouds fundamentally alters cloud properties; hence it is important we understand the special aerosol particles that can nucleate ice when immersed in supercooled cloud droplets. In this paper we show that African desert dust that has travelled across the Atlantic to the Caribbean nucleates ice much less well than we might have expected.
The formation of ice in clouds fundamentally alters cloud properties; hence it is important we...
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