Ice nucleating particles in the Saharan Air Layer

This study aims at quantifying the ice nucleation properties of desert dust in the Saharan Air Layer (SAL), the warm, dry and dust-laden layer that expands from North Africa to the Americas. By measuring close to the dust's emission source, before aging processes during the transatlantic adv...

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Main Authors: Y. Boose, B. Sierau, M. I. García, S. Rodríguez, A. Alastuey, C. Linke, M. Schnaiter, P. Kupiszewski, Z. A. Kanji, U. Lohmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-07-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/16/9067/2016/acp-16-9067-2016.pdf