Atmospheric ice nucleation

DA Knopf, PA Alpert - Nature Reviews Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Atmospheric ice nucleation is crucial for global precipitation and affects the structure, lifetime
and reflectivity of clouds, thereby impacting climate. Ice nucleates in various ways from …

Data analysis in spectroscopic STXM

MA Marcus - Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related …, 2023 - Elsevier
The typical output of a STXM (Scanning Transmission X-ray (spectro) Microscopy)
measurement is a data cube consisting of a set of images (measurements of X-ray …

Wildfire smoke triggers cirrus formation: lidar observations over the eastern Mediterranean

RE Mamouri, A Ansmann, K Ohneiser… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
The number of intense wildfires may increase further in upcoming years as a consequence
of climate change. It is therefore necessary to improve our knowledge about the role of …

Ice-nucleating agents in sea spray aerosol identified and quantified with a holistic multimodal freezing model

PA Alpert, WP Kilthau, RE O'Brien, RC Moffet… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Sea spray aerosol (SSA) is a widely recognized important source of ice-nucleating particles
(INPs) in the atmosphere. However, composition-specific identification, nucleation …

[HTML][HTML] Iron (Fe) speciation in size-fractionated aerosol particles in the Pacific Ocean: The role of organic complexation of Fe with humic-like substances in controlling …

K Sakata, M Kurisu, Y Takeichi… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Atmospheric deposition is one of the main sources of dissolved iron (Fe) in the ocean
surfaces. Atmospheric processes are recognized as controlling fractional Fe solubility (Fe …

Diverse sources and aging change the mixing state and ice nucleation properties of aerosol particles over the western Pacific and Southern Ocean

J Xue, T Zhang, K Park, J Yan, YJ Yoon… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
Atmospheric particles can impact cloud formation and play a critical role in regulating cloud
properties. However, particle characteristics at the single-particle level and their ability to act …

A 1D Model for Nucleation of Ice From Aerosol Particles: An Application to a Mixed‐Phase Arctic Stratus Cloud Layer

DA Knopf, I Silber, N Riemer… - Journal of Advances …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mixed‐phase clouds (MPCs) have been identified as significant contributors to uncertainties
in climate projections, attributable to model representation of processes controlling the …

Quantifying and Modeling the Impact of Phase State on the Ice Nucleation Abilities of 2-Methyltetrols as a Key Component of Secondary Organic Aerosol Derived from …

X Li, M Wolf, X Shen, I Steinke, Z Lai… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Organic aerosols (OAs) may serve as ice-nucleating particles (INPs), impacting the
formation and properties of cirrus clouds when their phase state and viscosity are in the …

[HTML][HTML] Physicochemical characterization of free troposphere and marine boundary layer ice-nucleating particles collected by aircraft in the eastern North Atlantic

DA Knopf, P Wang, B Wong, JM Tomlin… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
Atmospheric ice nucleation impacts the hydrological cycle and climate by modifying the
radiative properties of clouds. To improve our predictive understanding of ice formation …

Measurement report: A comparison of ground-level ice-nucleating-particle abundance and aerosol properties during autumn at contrasting marine and terrestrial …

EK Wilbourn, L Lacher, C Guerrero… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
Ice-nucleating particles (INPs) are an essential class of aerosols found worldwide that have
far-reaching but poorly quantified climate feedback mechanisms through interaction with …