Kenyan tea litter: A source of ice nuclei

R. C. Schnell; Suan Neo Tan-Schnell

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v34i1.10791

Kenyan tea litter: A source of ice nuclei

Tellus

Volume 34 (1982): Issue 1

By: R. C. Schnell and Suan Neo Tan-Schnell

Open Access

|Jan 1982

Abstract

A strong source of relatively active ice nuclei has been identified within the surface litter layer of tea plantations around Kericho, Kenya. This area also has the earth's largest known hailfall frequency. Aerosols produced from the tea litter retain their ice nucleation activity.DOI: 10.1111/j.2153-3490.1982.tb01796.x

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v34i1.10791 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 92 - 95

Submitted on: May 5, 1981

Accepted on: May 18, 1981

Published on: Jan 1, 1982

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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© 1982 R. C. Schnell, Suan Neo Tan-Schnell, published by Stockholm University Press
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