Ice nucleation ability of loess from the northwestern United States

Kulkarni, Gourihar; Gu, Dasa

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0220991

Title: Ice nucleation ability of loess from the northwestern United States

Journal Article · Fri Aug 09 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · PLoS ONE

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220991· OSTI ID:1577047

^[1]; Gu, Dasa ^[2]

Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Div.
Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology (Hong Kong)

The heterogeneous nucleation of ice processes involving loess particles that influences the formation of mixed-phase clouds are poorly understood. Here, the ice nucleating ability of wind-blown dust or loess accumulated from the past glaciated area was investigated at three temperatures: -26, -30, and -34 °C and at below and above saturation with respect to liquid water conditions. Total six loess samples from different regions across Columbia Basin province, WA, USA were collected, dry dispersed, size-selected at mobility diameter 200 nm, and investigated for their ice nucleation efficiency. To understand the effect of atmospheric processing during long-range transport on their ice nucleating ability, similar experiments were also performed on acid-treated loess samples. Additionally, the ice nucleating properties of Arizona Test Dust (ATD) were investigated as a surrogate for natural mineral dust particles to test the experimental approach. Results show that treated particles have lower ice nucleation efficiency compared to untreated particles at all temperature and saturation with respect to liquid water conditions. Comparison based on ice-active site density (N_s) metric indicate that loess particles at saturation with respect to liquid water conditions are marginally more efficient than the mineral and soil dust values reported in the literature, but they have lower efficiencies than the predicted N_s efficiency of K-feldspar particles at supercooled temperatures greater than -38 °C.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1577047

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-146589

Journal Information:: PLoS ONE, Vol. 14, Issue 8; ISSN 1932-6203

Publisher:: Public Library of ScienceCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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