The global distribution of mineral dust and its impacts on the climate system: A review

OA Choobari, P Zawar-Reza, A Sturman - Atmospheric Research, 2014 - Elsevier
Mineral dust aerosols, the tiny soil particles suspended in the atmosphere, have a key role in
the atmospheric radiation budget and hydrological cycle through their radiative and cloud …

Aerosol–cloud–precipitation interactions. Part 1. The nature and sources of cloud-active aerosols

MO Andreae, D Rosenfeld - Earth-Science Reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
Atmospheric aerosol particles serve as condensation nuclei for the formation of both, cloud
droplets and atmospheric ice particles. As a result, they exert a substantial influence on the …

Clarifying the dominant sources and mechanisms of cirrus cloud formation

DJ Cziczo, KD Froyd, C Hoose, EJ Jensen, M Diao… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Formation of cirrus clouds depends on the availability of ice nuclei to begin condensation of
atmospheric water vapor. Although it is known that only a small fraction of atmospheric …

A particle-surface-area-based parameterization of immersion freezing on desert dust particles

M Niemand, O Möhler, B Vogel, H Vogel… - Journal of the …, 2012 - journals.ametsoc.org
In climate and weather models, the quantitative description of aerosol and cloud processes
relies on simplified assumptions. This contributes major uncertainties to the prediction of …

A classical-theory-based parameterization of heterogeneous ice nucleation by mineral dust, soot, and biological particles in a global climate model

C Hoose, JE Kristjánsson, JP Chen… - Journal of the …, 2010 - journals.ametsoc.org
An ice nucleation parameterization based on classical nucleation theory, with aerosol-
specific parameters derived from experiments, has been implemented into a global climate …

An overview of snow photochemistry: evidence, mechanisms and impacts

AM Grannas, AE Jones, J Dibb… - Atmospheric …, 2007 - acp.copernicus.org
It has been shown that sunlit snow and ice plays an important role in processing
atmospheric species. Photochemical production of a variety of chemicals has recently been …

Microbiology and atmospheric processes: the role of biological particles in cloud physics

O Möhler, PJ DeMott, G Vali, Z Levin - Biogeosciences, 2007 - bg.copernicus.org
As part of a series of papers on the sources, distribution and potential impact of biological
particles in the atmosphere, this paper introduces and summarizes the potential role of …

[HTML][HTML] An empirical parameterization of heterogeneous ice nucleation for multiple chemical species of aerosol

VTJ Phillips, PJ DeMott… - Journal of the …, 2008 - journals.ametsoc.org
An Empirical Parameterization of Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation for Multiple Chemical
Species of Aerosol in: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences Volume 65 Issue 9 (2008) Jump …

Nature and climate effects of individual tropospheric aerosol particles

M Pósfai, PR Buseck - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Aerosol particles in the atmosphere exert a strong influence on climate by interacting with
sunlight and by initiating cloud formation. Because the tropospheric aerosol is a …

Efficiency of the deposition mode ice nucleation on mineral dust particles

O Möhler, PR Field, P Connolly, S Benz… - Atmospheric …, 2006 - acp.copernicus.org
The deposition mode ice nucleation efficiency of various dust aerosols was investigated at
cirrus cloud temperatures between 196 and 223 K using the aerosol and cloud chamber …