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A single parameter representation of hygroscopic growth and cloud condensation nucleus activity – Part 3: Including surfactant partitioning by Petters, M. D, Kreidenweis, S. M

“…Atmospheric particles can serve as cloud condensation nuclei in the atmosphere. The presence of surface active compounds in the particle may affect the…”
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Integrating laboratory and field data to quantify the immersion freezing ice nucleation activity of mineral dust particles by DeMott, P. J, Prenni, A. J, McMeeking, G. R, Sullivan, R. C, Petters, M. D, Tobo, Y, Niemand, M, Möhler, O, Snider, J. R, Wang, Z, Kreidenweis, S. M

“…Data from both laboratory studies and atmospheric measurements are used to develop an empirical parameterization for the immersion freezing activity of natural…”
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Revisiting ice nucleation from precipitation samples by Petters, M. D., Wright, T. P.

“…An emerging and unsolved question is the sensitivity of cloud processes, precipitation, and climate to the atmospheric ice nucleus spectrum. This work revisits…”
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A single parameter representation of hygroscopic growth and cloud condensation nucleus activity by Petters, M. D., Kreidenweis, S. M.

“…We present a method to describe the relationship between particle dry diameter and cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) activity using a single hygroscopicity…”
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Contribution of pollen to atmospheric ice nuclei concentrations by Hader, J. D, Wright, T. P, Petters, M. D

“…Recent studies have suggested that the ice-nucleating ability of some types of pollen is derived from non-proteinaceous macromolecules. These macromolecules…”
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Predicting global atmospheric ice nuclei distributions and their impacts on climate by DeMott, P. J., Prenni, A. J., Liu, X., Kreidenweis, S. M., Petters, M. D., Twohy, C. H., Richardson, M. S., Eidhammer, T., Rogers, D. C., Tolbert, Margaret A.

“…Knowledge of cloud and precipitation formation processes remains incomplete, yet global precipitation is predominantly produced by clouds containing the ice…”
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Rainforest Aerosols as Biogenic Nuclei of Clouds and Precipitation in the Amazon by Pöschl, U, Martin, S.T, Sinha, B, Chen, Q, Gunthe, S.S, Huffman, J.A, Borrmann, S, Farmer, D.K, Garland, R.M, Helas, G, Jimenez, J.L, King, S.M, Manzi, A, Mikhailov, E, Pauliquevis, T, Petters, M.D, Prenni, A.J, Roldin, P, Rose, D, Schneider, J, Su, H, Zorn, S.R, Artaxo, P, Andreae, M.O

“…The Amazon is one of the few continental regions where atmospheric aerosol particles and their effects on climate are not dominated by anthropogenic sources…”
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A review of the anthropogenic influence on biogenic secondary organic aerosol by Hoyle, C. R., Boy, M., Donahue, N. M., Fry, J. L., Glasius, M., Guenther, A., Hallar, A. G., Huff Hartz, K., Petters, M. D., Petäjä, T., Rosenoern, T., Sullivan, A. P.

“…Because of the climate and air quality effects of organic aerosol, it is important to quantify the influence of anthropogenic emissions on the aerosol burden,…”
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Hygroscopicity and cloud droplet activation of mineral dust aerosol by Koehler, K. A., Kreidenweis, S. M., DeMott, P. J., Petters, M. D., Prenni, A. J., Carrico, C. M.

“…Hygroscopicity and cloud condensation nucleus (CCN) activity were measured for three mineral dust samples: one from the Canary Islands, representing North…”
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Trends in particle-phase liquid water during the Southern Oxidant and Aerosol Study by Nguyen, T. K. V, Petters, M. D, Suda, S. R, Guo, H, Weber, R. J, Carlton, A. G

“…We present in situ measurements of particle-phase liquid water. Measurements were conducted from 3 June to 15 July 2013 during the Southern Oxidant and Aerosol…”
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Irreversible loss of ice nucleation active sites in mineral dust particles caused by sulphuric acid condensation by Sullivan, R. C., Petters, M. D., DeMott, P. J., Kreidenweis, S. M., Wex, H., Niedermeier, D., Hartmann, S., Clauss, T., Stratmann, F., Reitz, P., Schneider, J., Sierau, B.

“…During the FROST-2 (FReezing Of duST) measurement campaign conducted at the Leipzig Aerosol Cloud Interaction Simulator (LACIS), we investigated changes in the…”
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Influences on the fraction of hydrophobic and hydrophilic black carbon in the atmosphere by McMeeking, G. R., Good, N., Petters, M. D., McFiggans, G., Coe, H.

“…Black carbon (BC) is a short term climate forcer that directly warms the atmosphere, slows convection, and hinders quantification of the effect of greenhouse…”
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Laboratory investigations of the impact of mineral dust aerosol on cold cloud formation by Koehler, K. A., Kreidenweis, S. M., DeMott, P. J., Petters, M. D., Prenni, A. J., Möhler, O.

“…Dust particles represent a dominant source of particulate matter (by mass) to the atmosphere, and their emission from some source regions has been shown to be…”
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Hygroscopicity frequency distributions of secondary organic aerosols by Suda, S. R., Petters, M. D., Matsunaga, A., Sullivan, R. C., Ziemann, P. J., Kreidenweis, S. M.

“…Secondary organic compounds are an important component of ambient aerosol and potentially lower the supersaturation that is required for individual particles…”
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A single parameter representation of hygroscopic growth and cloud condensation nucleus activity – Part 2: Including solubility by Petters, M. D., Kreidenweis, S. M.

“…The ability of a particle to serve as a cloud condensation nucleus in the atmosphere is determined by its size, hygroscopicity and its solubility in water…”
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An annual cycle of size-resolved aerosol hygroscopicity at a forested site in Colorado by Levin, E. J. T., Prenni, A. J., Petters, M. D., Kreidenweis, S. M., Sullivan, R. C., Atwood, S. A., Ortega, J., DeMott, P. J., Smith, J. N.

“…The ability of particles composed wholly or partially of biogenic secondary organic compounds to serve as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) is a key…”
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The Role of Temperature in Cloud Droplet Activation by Christensen, S. I, Petters, M. D

“…Aerosols are prevalent in the atmosphere where they can serve as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN). Here we report on new CCN measurements to characterize the…”
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Prediction of cloud condensation nuclei activity for organic compounds using functional group contribution methods by Petters, M D, Kreidenweis, S M, Ziemann, P J

“…A wealth of recent laboratory and field experiments demonstrate that organic aerosol composition evolves with time in the atmosphere, leading to changes in the…”
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Water uptake and chemical composition of fresh aerosols generated in open burning of biomass by Carrico, C. M., Petters, M. D., Kreidenweis, S. M., Sullivan, A. P., McMeeking, G. R., Levin, E. J. T., Engling, G., Malm, W. C., Collett, J. L.

“…As part of the Fire Lab at Missoula Experiments (FLAME) in 2006–2007, we examined hygroscopic properties of particles emitted from open combustion of 33 select…”
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Effect of chemical mixing state on the hygroscopicity and cloud nucleation properties of calcium mineral dust particles by Sullivan, R. C., Moore, M. J. K., Petters, M. D., Kreidenweis, S. M., Roberts, G. C., Prather, K. A.

“…Atmospheric mineral dust particles can alter cloud properties and thus climate by acting as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) that form cloud droplets. The CCN…”
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