Development of the DRoplet Ice Nuclei Counter Zurich (DRINCZ): validation and application to field-collected snow samples

David, Robert O.; Cascajo-Castresana, Maria; Brennan, Killian P.; Rösch, Michael; Els, Nora; Werz, Julia; Weichlinger, Vera; Boynton, Lin S.; Bogler, Sophie; Borduas-Dedekind, Nadine; Marcolli, Claudia; Kanji, Zamin A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6865-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6865-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6865-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 12

Research article

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20 Dec 2019

Research article |

| 20 Dec 2019

Development of the DRoplet Ice Nuclei Counter Zurich (DRINCZ): validation and application to field-collected snow samples

Robert O. David, Maria Cascajo-Castresana, Killian P. Brennan, Michael Rösch, Nora Els, Julia Werz, Vera Weichlinger, Lin S. Boynton, Sophie Bogler, Nadine Borduas-Dedekind, Claudia Marcolli, and Zamin A. Kanji

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RC1: 'Review comments', Gabor Vali, 30 Jul 2019
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Short summary

Here we present the development and applicability of the DRoplet Ice Nuclei Counter Zurich (DRINCZ). DRINCZ allows for ice nuclei in the immersion mode to be quantified between 0 and -25 °C with an uncertainty of ±0.9 °C. Furthermore, we present a new method for assessing biases in drop-freezing apparatuses and cumulative ice-nucleating-particle concentrations from snow samples collected in the Austrian Alps at the Sonnblick Observatory.