Ice‐nucleating particles that impact clouds and climate: Observational and modeling research needs

SM Burrows, CS McCluskey, G Cornwell… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric ice‐nucleating particles (INPs) play a critical role in cloud freezing processes,
with important implications for precipitation formation and cloud radiative properties, and …

Occurrence, abundance, and formation of atmospheric tarballs from a wide range of wildfires in the western US

K Adachi, JE Dibb, JM Katich… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
Biomass burning emits large numbers of organic aerosol particles, a subset of which are
called tarballs (TBs). TBs possess a spherical morphology and unique physical, chemical …

Principles of fire ecology

LN Kobziar, JK Hiers, CM Belcher, WJ Bond… - Fire Ecology, 2024 - Springer
Fire ecology is a complex discipline that can only be understood by integrating biological,
physical, and social sciences. The science of fire ecology explores wildland fire's …

Wildfire smoke triggers cirrus formation: lidar observations over the eastern Mediterranean

RE Mamouri, A Ansmann, K Ohneiser… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
The number of intense wildfires may increase further in upcoming years as a consequence
of climate change. It is therefore necessary to improve our knowledge about the role of …

Highly active ice‐nucleating particles at the summer North Pole

GCE Porter, MP Adams, IM Brooks… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The amount of ice versus supercooled water in clouds is important for their radiative
properties and role in climate feedbacks. Hence, knowledge of the concentration of ice …

[HTML][HTML] An evaluation of the heat test for the ice-nucleating ability of minerals and biological material

MI Daily, MD Tarn, TF Whale… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - amt.copernicus.org
Ice-nucleating particles (INPs) are atmospheric aerosol particles that can strongly influence
the radiative properties and precipitation onset in mixed-phase clouds by triggering ice …

Wildland fire smoke alters the composition, diversity, and potential atmospheric function of microbial life in the aerobiome

LN Kobziar, D Vuono, R Moore… - ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The atmosphere contains a diverse reservoir of microbes but the sources and factors
contributing to microbial aerosol variability are not well constrained. To advance …

Biomass burning smoke and its influence on clouds over the western US

CH Twohy, DW Toohey, EJT Levin… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Small cumulus clouds over the western United States were measured via airborne
instruments during the wildfire season in summer of 2018. Statistics of the sampled clouds …

Optical Properties of Individual Tar Balls in the Free Troposphere

S Mathai, D Veghte, L Kovarik… - … science & technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Tar balls are brown carbonaceous particles that are highly viscous, spherical, amorphous,
and light absorbing. They are believed to form in biomass burning smoke plumes during …

Fine ash‐bearing particles as a major aerosol component in biomass burning smoke

K Adachi, JE Dibb, E Scheuer, JM Katich… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biomass burning (BB) events are occurring globally with increasing frequency, and their
emissions are having more impacts on human health and climate. Large ash particles are …