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. Transport is simulated by the Eulerian regional dust model DREAM. Ice nuclei and mineral dust are significantly correlated. The highest correlation is found between IN concentration and aerosol surface area. The ice nucleating characteristics of the aerosol with respect to temperature and supersaturation are similar during the dust episode than during the course of the year. This suggests that dust is always a dominant constituent of ice nucleating aerosols in Central Europe.

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Author:Holger KleinGND, Slobodan Nickovic, Werner Haunold, Ulrich BundkeORCiDGND, Björn Nillius, Martin EbertGND, Stephan Weinbruch, Lothar Schuetz, Zev Levin, Leonard A. Barrie, Heinz BingemerGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-252491
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5194/acpd-10-14993-2010
ISSN:1680-7375
ISSN:1680-7367
Parent Title (English):Atmospheric chemistry and physics / Discussions
Publisher:European Geosciences Union
Place of publication:Katlenburg-Lindau
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2010/06/21
Date of first Publication:2010/06/21
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2012/06/19
Volume:10
Page Number:30
First Page:14993
Last Page:15022
HeBIS-PPN:357561856
Institutes:Geowissenschaften / Geographie / Geowissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 55 Geowissenschaften, Geologie / 550 Geowissenschaften
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0

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