On the transition between heterogeneous and homogeneous freezing

Box model simulations of an uplifting and adiabatically cooling cloud of aerosol have been performed in order to study the transition between cirrus formation dominated by homogeneous nucleation of ice to that dominated by heterogeneous nucleation. The aerosol was assumed to consist of an internal...

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Main Author: K. Gierens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2003-01-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/3/437/2003/acp-3-437-2003.pdf