Contact freezing efficiency of mineral dust aerosols studied in an electrodynamic balance: quantitative size and temperature dependence for illite particles
Abstract
Contact freezing has long been discussed as a candidate for cloud ice formation at temperatures warmer than about −25 °C, but until now the molecular mechanism underlying this process has remained obscure and little quantitative information about the size and temperature dependent contact freezing properties of the various aerosol species is available. In this contribution, we present the first quantitative measurements of the freezing probability of a supercooled droplet upon a single contact with a size selected illite
- This article is part of the themed collection: Tropospheric Aerosol – Formation, Transformation and Impacts
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