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Research article
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02 Feb 2023
Research article |
| 02 Feb 2023
| 02 Feb 2023
Role of K-feldspar and quartz in global ice nucleation by mineral dust in mixed-phase clouds
Marios Chatziparaschos
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory (ECPL), Department of
Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Center for the Study of Air Quality and Climate Change (C-STACC),
Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT), Foundation for Research
and Technology, Hellas (FORTH), Patras, Greece
Nikos Daskalakis
Laboratory for Modelling and Observation of the Earth System (LAMOS), Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Stelios Myriokefalitakis
Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development,
National Observatory of Athens (NOA), 15236 Palea Penteli, Greece
Nikos Kalivitis
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory (ECPL), Department of
Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Athanasios Nenes
Center for the Study of Air Quality and Climate Change (C-STACC),
Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT), Foundation for Research
and Technology, Hellas (FORTH), Patras, Greece
Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts (LAPI),
School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), Ecole
Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
María Gonçalves Ageitos
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona, Spain
Department of Project and Construction Engineering, Universitat
Politècnica de Catalunya – Barcelona TECH (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
Montserrat Costa-Surós
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona, Spain
Carlos Pérez García-Pando
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona, Spain
ICREA, Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies,
Barcelona, Spain
Medea Zanoli
Laboratory for Modelling and Observation of the Earth System (LAMOS), Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Mihalis Vrekoussis
Laboratory for Modelling and Observation of the Earth System (LAMOS), Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Center of Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Climate and Atmosphere Research Center (CARE-C), The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory (ECPL), Department of
Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Center for the Study of Air Quality and Climate Change (C-STACC),
Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT), Foundation for Research
and Technology, Hellas (FORTH), Patras, Greece
Laboratory for Modelling and Observation of the Earth System (LAMOS), Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Data sets
3-D model data used to investigate the role of K-feldspar and quartz in global ice nucleation by mineral dust in mixed-phase clouds Marios Chatziparaschos, Nikos Daskalakis, Stelios Myriokefalitakis, and Maria Kanakidou https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7512255
Annual concentrations of ice nucleating particles at different Arctic stations Heike Wex, Lin Huang, Rebecca Sheesley, Rossana Bossi, and Rita Traversi https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.899701
Short summary
Ice formation is enabled by ice-nucleating particles (INP) at higher temperatures than homogeneous formation and can profoundly affect the properties of clouds. Our global model results show that K-feldspar is the most important contributor to INP concentrations globally, affecting mid-level mixed-phase clouds. However, quartz can significantly contribute and dominates the lowest and the highest altitudes of dust-derived INP, affecting mainly low-level and high-level mixed-phase clouds.
Ice formation is enabled by ice-nucleating particles (INP) at higher temperatures than...
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