Circum-Antarctic abundance and properties of CCN and INP

• Main Authors: Tatzelt, Christian, Henning, Silvia, Welti, André, Baccarini, Andrea, Hartmann, Markus, Gysel-Beer, Martin, Pinxteren, Manuela, Modini, Robin L., Schmale, Julia, Stratmann, Frank
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Aitken; Antarctic; Austral; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2021-700; https://acp.copernicus.org/preprints/acp-2021-700/

Aerosol particles acting as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) or ice nucleating particles (INP) play a major role in the formation and glaciation of clouds. Thereby they exert a strong impact on the radiation budget of the Earth. Data on abundance and properties of both types of particles are sparse,...