Laboratory-generated mixtures of mineral dust particles with biological substances: characterization of the particle mixing state and immersion freezing behavior

Augustin-Bauditz, Stefanie; Wex, Heike; Denjean, Cyrielle; Hartmann, Susan; Schneider, Johannes; Schmidt, Susann; Ebert, Martin; Stratmann, Frank

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5531-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5531-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5531-2016

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04 May 2016

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Laboratory-generated mixtures of mineral dust particles with biological substances: characterization of the particle mixing state and immersion freezing behavior

Stefanie Augustin-Bauditz, Heike Wex, Cyrielle Denjean, Susan Hartmann, Johannes Schneider, Susann Schmidt, Martin Ebert, and Frank Stratmann

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RC C9749: 'Review of Augustin-Bauditz et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Nov 2015
- AC C13406: 'Answers to Reviewer #1', Stefanie Augustin-Bauditz, 04 Apr 2016
RC C9949: 'Review of 'The immersion freezing behavior of mineral dust particles mixed with biological substances'', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Dec 2015
- AC C13407: 'Answers to Reviewer #2', Stefanie Augustin-Bauditz, 04 Apr 2016

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In this study, we mixed a pure mineral dust sample with ice active biological material and quantified the immersion freezing behavior of the resulting particles utilizing the Leipzig Aerosol Cloud Interaction Simulator (LACIS). Furthermore, we used different methods to investigate the mixing state of our generated aerosol. We found that internally mixed particles, containing ice active biological material, follow the ice nucleation behavior observed for the pure biological particles.