Articles | Volume 9, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-9-6705-2009
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-9-6705-2009
16 Sep 2009
 | 16 Sep 2009

Influence of particle size on the ice nucleating ability of mineral dusts

A. Welti, F. Lüönd, O. Stetzer, and U. Lohmann

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