The Portable Ice Nucleation Experiment (PINE): a new online instrument for laboratory studies and automated long-term field observations of ice-nucleating particles

Möhler, Ottmar; Adams, Michael; Lacher, Larissa; Vogel, Franziska; Nadolny, Jens; Ullrich, Romy; Boffo, Cristian; Pfeuffer, Tatjana; Hobl, Achim; Weiß, Maximilian; Vepuri, Hemanth S. K.; Hiranuma, Naruki; Murray, Benjamin J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1143-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1143-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1143-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

Research article

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12 Feb 2021

Research article |

| 12 Feb 2021

The Portable Ice Nucleation Experiment (PINE): a new online instrument for laboratory studies and automated long-term field observations of ice-nucleating particles

Ottmar Möhler, Michael Adams, Larissa Lacher, Franziska Vogel, Jens Nadolny, Romy Ullrich, Cristian Boffo, Tatjana Pfeuffer, Achim Hobl, Maximilian Weiß, Hemanth S. K. Vepuri, Naruki Hiranuma, and Benjamin J. Murray

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of Moehler et al. “The portable ice nucleation experiment PINE: a new online instrument for laboratory studies and automated long-term field observations of ice-nucleating particles”', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Sep 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to Interactive Comment of Referee #1', Ottmar Möhler, 10 Dec 2020
RC2: 'Review of "The portable ice nucleation experiment PINE: a new online instrument for laboratory studies and automated long-term field observations of ice-nucleating particles"', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Sep 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to Interactive Comment of Referee #2', Ottmar Möhler, 10 Dec 2020
RC3: 'Referee Comment', Paul DeMott, 29 Sep 2020
- AC3: 'Reply to Interactive Comment of Referee #3 (Paul DeMott)', Ottmar Möhler, 10 Dec 2020
RC4: 'Comments on PINE chamber', Anonymous Referee #4, 07 Oct 2020
- AC4: 'Reply to Interactive Comment of Referee #4', Ottmar Möhler, 11 Dec 2020

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Ottmar Möhler on behalf of the Authors (14 Dec 2020) Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (21 Dec 2020) by Hang Su

AR by Ottmar Möhler on behalf of the Authors (21 Dec 2020) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

The Earth's climate is influenced by clouds, which are impacted by ice-nucleating particles (INPs), a minor fraction of atmospheric aerosols. INPs induce ice formation in clouds and thus often initiate precipitation formation. The Portable Ice Nucleation Experiment (PINE) is the first fully automated instrument to study cloud ice formation and to obtain long-term records of INPs. This is a timely development, and the capabilities it offers for research and atmospheric monitoring are significant.