The limited capacity of bioaerosols to serve as cloud-condensation nuclei may restrict their potential to initiate ice formation in mixed-phase clouds
Tina Šantl-Temkiv,
Miha Živec,
Marie Braad Lund
et al.
Abstract:Bioaerosols are gaining prominence due to their ability to nucleate ice in clouds at high subzero temperatures, thereby impacting cloud characteristics, and longevity. Acting first as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) and second as ice nucleating particles, bioaerosols induce ice formation through immersion freezing. Nevertheless, insights into bioaerosol ability to act as CCN in situ are currently lacking. We simultaneously collected bioaerosols from the condensed and interstitial phase of clouds using size sel… Show more
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