Saharan dust and ice nuclei over Central Europe
Surface measurements of aerosol and ice nuclei (IN) at a Central European mountain site during an episode of dust transport from the Sahara are presented. Ice nuclei were sampled by electrostatic precipitation on silicon wafers and were analyzed in an isothermal static vapor diffusion chamber. The transport of mineral dust is simulated by the Eulerian regional dust model DREAM. Ice nuclei and mineral dust are significantly correlated, in particular IN number concentration and aerosol surface area. The ice nucleating characteristics of the aerosol as analyzed with respect to temperature and supersaturation are similar during the dust episode than during the course of the year. This suggests that dust may be a main constituent of ice nucleating aerosols in Central Europe.
| Author: | Holger Klein, Slobodan Nickovic, Werner Haunold, Ulrich Bundke, Björn Nillius, Martin Ebert, Stephan Weinbruch, Lothar Schuetz, Zev Levin, Leonard A. Barrie, Heinz Bingemer |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-252488 |
| DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.5194/acp-10-10211-2010 |
| ISSN: | 1680-7324 |
| Parent Title (English): | Atmospheric chemistry and physics |
| Publisher: | European Geosciences Union |
| Place of publication: | Katlenburg-Lindau |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 01.11.2010 |
| Date of first Publication: | 01.11.2010 |
| Publishing Institution: | Univ.-Bibliothek Frankfurt am Main |
| Volume: | 10 |
| Pagenumber: | 11 |
| First Page: | 10211 |
| Last Page: | 10221 |
| Institutes: | Geowissenschaften |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 550 Geowissenschaften |
| Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0 |
