Ice nucleating particles in the Canadian High Arctic during the fall of 2018
Jingwei Yun, Erin Evoy, Soleil E. Worthy, Melody Fraser, Daniel Veber, Andrew W.G. Platt, Kevin Rawlings, Sangeeta Sharma, W. R. Leaitch, Allan K. Bertram
Abstract
Our results suggest that a significant source of ice nucleating particles at Alert, Nunavut, during October and November, was likely ice-free and snow-free land at latitudes >50 °N.
Topics & Concepts
SnowIce nucleusArcticArctic ice packPhysical geographyHigh latitudePermafrostEnvironmental scienceLatitudeAtmospheric sciencesClimatologyGeographyMeteorologyGeologyOceanographyNucleationChemistryGeodesyOrganic chemistryArctic and Antarctic ice dynamicsAtmospheric chemistry and aerosolsClimate change and permafrost