Articles | Volume 16, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6495-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6495-2016
Research article
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27 May 2016
Research article |  | 27 May 2016

Heterogeneous ice nucleation of viscous secondary organic aerosol produced from ozonolysis of α-pinene

Karoliina Ignatius, Thomas B. Kristensen, Emma Järvinen, Leonid Nichman, Claudia Fuchs, Hamish Gordon, Paul Herenz, Christopher R. Hoyle, Jonathan Duplissy, Sarvesh Garimella, Antonio Dias, Carla Frege, Niko Höppel, Jasmin Tröstl, Robert Wagner, Chao Yan, Antonio Amorim, Urs Baltensperger, Joachim Curtius, Neil M. Donahue, Martin W. Gallagher, Jasper Kirkby, Markku Kulmala, Ottmar Möhler, Harald Saathoff, Martin Schnaiter, Antonio Tomé, Annele Virtanen, Douglas Worsnop, and Frank Stratmann

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AR by Karoliina Ignatius on behalf of the Authors (16 Apr 2016)  Author's response 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 Apr 2016) by Hinrich Grothe
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (02 May 2016)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (09 May 2016)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (09 May 2016) by Hinrich Grothe
AR by Karoliina Ignatius on behalf of the Authors (13 May 2016)  Manuscript 
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Viscous solid or semi-solid secondary organic aerosol (SOA) may influence cloud properties through ice nucleation in the atmosphere. Here, we observed heterogeneous ice nucleation of viscous α-pinene SOA at temperatures between −39 °C and −37.2 °C with ice saturation ratios significantly below the homogeneous freezing limit. Global modelling suggests that viscous biogenic SOA are present in regions where cirrus formation takes place and could contribute to the global ice nuclei budget.
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