Sea spray aerosol as a unique source of ice nucleating particles
Ice nucleating particles (INPs) are vital for ice initiation in, and precipitation from, mixed-phase clouds. A source of INPs from oceans within sea spray aerosol (SSA) emissions has been suggested in previous studies but remained unconfirmed. Here, we show that INPs are emitted using real wave brea...
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ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org:ark:/13030/qt1520w93g 2023-09-05T13:23:30+02:00 Sea spray aerosol as a unique source of ice nucleating particles DeMott, Paul J Hill, Thomas CJ McCluskey, Christina S Prather, Kimberly A Collins, Douglas B Sullivan, Ryan C Ruppel, Matthew J Mason, Ryan H Irish, Victoria E Lee, Taehyoung Hwang, Chung Yeon Rhee, Tae Siek Snider, Jefferson R McMeeking, Gavin R Dhaniyala, Suresh Lewis, Ernie R Wentzell, Jeremy JB Abbatt, Jonathan Lee, Christopher Sultana, Camille M Ault, Andrew P Axson, Jessica L Martinez, Myrelis Diaz Venero, Ingrid Santos-Figueroa, Gilmarie Stokes, M Dale Deane, Grant B Mayol-Bracero, Olga L Grassian, Vicki H Bertram, Timothy H Bertram, Allan K Moffett, Bruce F Franc, Gary D 5797 - 5803 2016-05-24 application/pdf https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1520w93g unknown eScholarship, University of California qt1520w93g https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1520w93g public Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol 113, iss 21 Climate Action Life Below Water marine aerosols ice nucleation clouds article 2016 ftcdlib 2023-08-21T18:03:47Z Ice nucleating particles (INPs) are vital for ice initiation in, and precipitation from, mixed-phase clouds. A source of INPs from oceans within sea spray aerosol (SSA) emissions has been suggested in previous studies but remained unconfirmed. Here, we show that INPs are emitted using real wave breaking in a laboratory flume to produce SSA. The number concentrations of INPs from laboratory-generated SSA, when normalized to typical total aerosol number concentrations in the marine boundary layer, agree well with measurements from diverse regions over the oceans. Data in the present study are also in accord with previously published INP measurements made over remote ocean regions. INP number concentrations active within liquid water droplets increase exponentially in number with a decrease in temperature below 0 °C, averaging an order of magnitude increase per 5 °C interval. The plausibility of a strong increase in SSA INP emissions in association with phytoplankton blooms is also shown in laboratory simulations. Nevertheless, INP number concentrations, or active site densities approximated using "dry" geometric SSA surface areas, are a few orders of magnitude lower than corresponding concentrations or site densities in the surface boundary layer over continental regions. These findings have important implications for cloud radiative forcing and precipitation within low-level and midlevel marine clouds unaffected by continental INP sources, such as may occur over the Southern Ocean. Article in Journal/Newspaper Southern Ocean University of California: eScholarship Southern Ocean |
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Climate Action Life Below Water marine aerosols ice nucleation clouds DeMott, Paul J Hill, Thomas CJ McCluskey, Christina S Prather, Kimberly A Collins, Douglas B Sullivan, Ryan C Ruppel, Matthew J Mason, Ryan H Irish, Victoria E Lee, Taehyoung Hwang, Chung Yeon Rhee, Tae Siek Snider, Jefferson R McMeeking, Gavin R Dhaniyala, Suresh Lewis, Ernie R Wentzell, Jeremy JB Abbatt, Jonathan Lee, Christopher Sultana, Camille M Ault, Andrew P Axson, Jessica L Martinez, Myrelis Diaz Venero, Ingrid Santos-Figueroa, Gilmarie Stokes, M Dale Deane, Grant B Mayol-Bracero, Olga L Grassian, Vicki H Bertram, Timothy H Bertram, Allan K Moffett, Bruce F Franc, Gary D Sea spray aerosol as a unique source of ice nucleating particles |
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Ice nucleating particles (INPs) are vital for ice initiation in, and precipitation from, mixed-phase clouds. A source of INPs from oceans within sea spray aerosol (SSA) emissions has been suggested in previous studies but remained unconfirmed. Here, we show that INPs are emitted using real wave breaking in a laboratory flume to produce SSA. The number concentrations of INPs from laboratory-generated SSA, when normalized to typical total aerosol number concentrations in the marine boundary layer, agree well with measurements from diverse regions over the oceans. Data in the present study are also in accord with previously published INP measurements made over remote ocean regions. INP number concentrations active within liquid water droplets increase exponentially in number with a decrease in temperature below 0 °C, averaging an order of magnitude increase per 5 °C interval. The plausibility of a strong increase in SSA INP emissions in association with phytoplankton blooms is also shown in laboratory simulations. Nevertheless, INP number concentrations, or active site densities approximated using "dry" geometric SSA surface areas, are a few orders of magnitude lower than corresponding concentrations or site densities in the surface boundary layer over continental regions. These findings have important implications for cloud radiative forcing and precipitation within low-level and midlevel marine clouds unaffected by continental INP sources, such as may occur over the Southern Ocean. |
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DeMott, Paul J Hill, Thomas CJ McCluskey, Christina S Prather, Kimberly A Collins, Douglas B Sullivan, Ryan C Ruppel, Matthew J Mason, Ryan H Irish, Victoria E Lee, Taehyoung Hwang, Chung Yeon Rhee, Tae Siek Snider, Jefferson R McMeeking, Gavin R Dhaniyala, Suresh Lewis, Ernie R Wentzell, Jeremy JB Abbatt, Jonathan Lee, Christopher Sultana, Camille M Ault, Andrew P Axson, Jessica L Martinez, Myrelis Diaz Venero, Ingrid Santos-Figueroa, Gilmarie Stokes, M Dale Deane, Grant B Mayol-Bracero, Olga L Grassian, Vicki H Bertram, Timothy H Bertram, Allan K Moffett, Bruce F Franc, Gary D |
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DeMott, Paul J Hill, Thomas CJ McCluskey, Christina S Prather, Kimberly A Collins, Douglas B Sullivan, Ryan C Ruppel, Matthew J Mason, Ryan H Irish, Victoria E Lee, Taehyoung Hwang, Chung Yeon Rhee, Tae Siek Snider, Jefferson R McMeeking, Gavin R Dhaniyala, Suresh Lewis, Ernie R Wentzell, Jeremy JB Abbatt, Jonathan Lee, Christopher Sultana, Camille M Ault, Andrew P Axson, Jessica L Martinez, Myrelis Diaz Venero, Ingrid Santos-Figueroa, Gilmarie Stokes, M Dale Deane, Grant B Mayol-Bracero, Olga L Grassian, Vicki H Bertram, Timothy H Bertram, Allan K Moffett, Bruce F Franc, Gary D |
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Sea spray aerosol as a unique source of ice nucleating particles |
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Sea spray aerosol as a unique source of ice nucleating particles |
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Sea spray aerosol as a unique source of ice nucleating particles |
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Sea spray aerosol as a unique source of ice nucleating particles |
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Sea spray aerosol as a unique source of ice nucleating particles |
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sea spray aerosol as a unique source of ice nucleating particles |
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