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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-11771-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-11771-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Measurement report
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19 Aug 2026
Measurement report |
| 19 Aug 2026
| 19 Aug 2026
Measurement report: Dust Transport and Local Anthropogenic Emissions Differently Shape Atmospheric Ice-Nucleating Particles in an Industrial Urban Atmosphere
Jiawei Yang
State Key Laboratory of Regional Environment and Sustainability, International Joint Research Center for Atmospheric Research (IJRC), Institute of Carbon Neutrality, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Jingchuan Chen
State Key Laboratory of Regional Environment and Sustainability, International Joint Research Center for Atmospheric Research (IJRC), Institute of Carbon Neutrality, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Zeyu Feng
State Key Laboratory of Regional Environment and Sustainability, International Joint Research Center for Atmospheric Research (IJRC), Institute of Carbon Neutrality, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Wenxu Fang
State Key Laboratory of Regional Environment and Sustainability, International Joint Research Center for Atmospheric Research (IJRC), Institute of Carbon Neutrality, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Yanting Qiu
State Key Laboratory of Regional Environment and Sustainability, International Joint Research Center for Atmospheric Research (IJRC), Institute of Carbon Neutrality, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Junrui Wang
State Key Laboratory of Regional Environment and Sustainability, International Joint Research Center for Atmospheric Research (IJRC), Institute of Carbon Neutrality, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Ruiqi Man
State Key Laboratory of Regional Environment and Sustainability, International Joint Research Center for Atmospheric Research (IJRC), Institute of Carbon Neutrality, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Taomou Zong
State Key Laboratory of Regional Environment and Sustainability, International Joint Research Center for Atmospheric Research (IJRC), Institute of Carbon Neutrality, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Yuechen Liu
National Institute of Metrology, Beijing 100029, China
Zhijun Wu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Laboratory of Regional Environment and Sustainability, International Joint Research Center for Atmospheric Research (IJRC), Institute of Carbon Neutrality, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Ning Tang
Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
State Key Laboratory of Regional Environment and Sustainability, International Joint Research Center for Atmospheric Research (IJRC), Institute of Carbon Neutrality, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Data sets
Dataset for atmospheric ice-nucleating particles in urban Taiyuan during winter 2023–2024 J. Yang et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20232172
Short summary
In clouds containing liquid water and ice (about 0 to −38 °C), ice-nucleating particles act as tiny “seeds” that help supercooled water freeze. We studied these particles in winter air in Taiyuan, an industrial city in northern China. The strongest increases occurred during a desert dust intrusion, while haze and pollution showed weak links to fine-particle pollution sources. This suggests urban freezing particles can be strongly affected by transported dust, not pollution intensity alone.
In clouds containing liquid water and ice (about 0 to −38 °C), ice-nucleating particles act as...
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