A continuous flow diffusion chamber study of sea salt particles acting as cloud nuclei: deliquescence and ice nucleation

Xiangrui Kong; Martin J. Wolf; Michael Roesch; Erik S. Thomson; Thorsten Bartels-Rausch; Peter A. Alpert; Markus Ammann; Nønne L. Prisle; Daniel J. Cziczo

doi:10.1080/16000889.2018.1463806

A continuous flow diffusion chamber study of sea salt particles acting as cloud nuclei: deliquescence and ice nucleation

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 70 (2018): Issue 1

By: Xiangrui Kong, Martin J. Wolf, Michael Roesch, Erik S. Thomson, Thorsten Bartels-Rausch, Peter A. Alpert, Markus Ammann, Nønne L. Prisle and Daniel J. Cziczo

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Submitted on: Aug 31, 2017

Accepted on: Mar 28, 2018

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Keywords:

sea salt,

deliquescence,

homogeneous ice nucleation,

heterogeneous ice nucleation,

continuous flow diffusion chamber

© 2018 Xiangrui Kong, Martin J. Wolf, Michael Roesch, Erik S. Thomson, Thorsten Bartels-Rausch, Peter A. Alpert, Markus Ammann, Nønne L. Prisle, Daniel J. Cziczo, published by Stockholm University Press
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