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The UNAM-MARine Aerosol Tank (UNAM-MARAT): an evaluation of the ice-nucleating abilities of seawater from the Gulf of Mexico and the Mexican Pacific
M. Fernanda Córdoba
Instituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico
Rachel Chang
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada
Harry Alvarez-Ospina
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico
Aramis Olivos-Ortiz
Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad de Colima, Colima, 28860, Mexico
Graciela B. Raga
Instituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico
Daniel Rosas-Ramírez
Departamento de Química de Biomacromoléculas, Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 3000, Circuito Exterior s/n, Coyoacán, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico
Guadalupe Campos
Laboratorio de Alimento Vivo, Procuraduría Estatal de Protección al Medio Ambiente, Aquarium del Puerto de Veracruz, Blvd. Manuel Ávila Camacho s/n, Col. Ricardo Flores Magón, Veracruz, 91900, Mexico
Isabel Márquez
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico
Telma Castro
Instituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico
Luis A. Ladino
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Instituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico
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Short summary
The present study shows the development of the UNAM-MARine Aerosol Tank (UNAM-MARAT), a device that simulates wave breaking to generate marine aerosol particles. The portable and automatic tank is able to generate particle concentrations as high as 2000 cm-3, covering a wide range of sizes, similar to those found in the ambient marine boundary layer. The sea spray aerosol generated from three natural seawater samples was found to act as ice-nucleating particles (INPs) via immersion freezing.
The present study shows the development of the UNAM-MARine Aerosol Tank (UNAM-MARAT), a device...
