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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3131-2021
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Research article
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28 Apr 2021
Research article |
| 28 Apr 2021
| 28 Apr 2021
Development of the drop Freezing Ice Nuclei Counter (FINC), intercomparison of droplet freezing techniques, and use of soluble lignin as an atmospheric ice nucleation standard
Anna J. Miller
Institute for Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 8092 Switzerland
Killian P. Brennan
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 8092 Switzerland
Claudia Mignani
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, 4056 Switzerland
Jörg Wieder
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 8092 Switzerland
Robert O. David
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, 0315 Norway
Nadine Borduas-Dedekind
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 8092 Switzerland
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 8092 Switzerland
now at: Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z1, Canada
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Short summary
To characterize atmospheric ice nuclei, we present (1) the development of our home-built droplet freezing technique (DFT), which involves the Freezing Ice Nuclei Counter (FINC), (2) an intercomparison campaign using NX-illite and an ambient sample with two other DFTs, and (3) the application of lignin as a soluble and commercial ice nuclei standard with three DFTs. We further compiled the growing number of DFTs in use for atmospheric ice nucleation since 2000 and add FINC.
To characterize atmospheric ice nuclei, we present (1) the development of our home-built droplet...
