Re-evaluating the Frankfurt isothermal static diffusion chamber for ice nucleation

  • Recently significant advances have been made in the collection, detection and characterization of ice nucleating particles (INPs). Ice nuclei are particles that facilitate the heterogeneous formation of ice within the atmospheric aerosol by lowering the free energy barrier to spontaneous nucleation and growth of ice from atmospheric water and/or vapor. The Frankfurt isostatic diffusion chamber (FRankfurt Ice nucleation Deposition freezinG Experiment: FRIDGE) is an INP collection and offline detection system that has become widely deployed and shows additional potential for ambient measurements. Since its initial development FRIDGE has gone through several iterations and improvements. Here we describe improvements that have been made in the collection and analysis techniques. We detail the uncertainties inherent in the measurement method and suggest a systematic method of error analysis for FRIDGE measurements. Thus what is presented herein should serve as a foundation for the dissemination of all current and future measurements using FRIDGE instrumentation.

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Author:Jann Erik SchrodORCiDGND, Anja Danielczok, Daniel Weber, Martin EbertGND, Erik S. Thomson, Heinz BingemerGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-422483
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1313-2016
ISSN:1867-8548
ISSN:1867-1381
Parent Title (German):Atmospheric measurement techniques
Publisher:Copernicus
Place of publication:Katlenburg-Lindau
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2016/11/26
Date of first Publication:2016/03/30
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2016/12/08
Volume:9
Page Number:12
First Page:1313
Last Page:1324
Note:
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
HeBIS-PPN:424757710
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