Raman microspectroscopy as a tool for microplastic particle analysis

PM Anger, E von der Esch, T Baumann… - TrAC Trends in …, 2018 - Elsevier
This review discusses the identification and quantification of microplastic (MP) using Raman
microspectroscopy (RM). It addresses scientists investigating MP in environmental and food …

Ice‐nucleating particles that impact clouds and climate: Observational and modeling research needs

SM Burrows, CS McCluskey, G Cornwell… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric ice‐nucleating particles (INPs) play a critical role in cloud freezing processes,
with important implications for precipitation formation and cloud radiative properties, and …

[HTML][HTML] The ice-nucleating ability of quartz immersed in water and its atmospheric importance compared to K-feldspar

AD Harrison, K Lever… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Mineral dust particles are thought to be an important type of ice-nucleating particle (INP) in
the mixed-phase cloud regime around the globe. While K-rich feldspar (K-feldspar) has …

Role of K-feldspar and quartz in global ice nucleation by mineral dust in mixed-phase clouds

M Chatziparaschos, N Daskalakis… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
Ice-nucleating particles (INPs) enable ice formation, profoundly affecting the microphysical
and radiative properties, lifetimes, and precipitation rates of clouds. Mineral dust emitted …

[HTML][HTML] Composition and mixing state of atmospheric aerosols determined by electron microscopy: method development and application to aged Saharan dust …

K Kandler, K Schneiders, M Ebert… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
The microphysical properties, composition and mixing state of mineral dust, sea salt and
secondary compounds were measured by active and passive aerosol sampling, followed by …

Contribution of physical and chemical properties to dithiothreitol-measured oxidative potentials of atmospheric aerosol particles at urban and rural sites in Japan

K Kurihara, A Iwata, SG Murray Horwitz, K Ogane… - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
Dithiothreitol-measured oxidative potential (OPDTT) can chemically quantify the adverse
health effects of atmospheric aerosols. Some chemical species are characterized with DTT …

The ice-nucleating activity of African mineral dust in the Caribbean boundary layer

AD Harrison, D O'Sullivan, MP Adams… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
African mineral dust is transported many thousands of kilometres from its source regions,
and, because of its ability to nucleate ice, it plays a major role in cloud glaciation around the …

[HTML][HTML] Size-resolved atmospheric ice-nucleating particles during East Asian dust events

J Chen, Z Wu, J Chen, N Reicher, X Fang… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Asian dust is an important source of atmospheric ice-nucleating particles (INPs). However,
the freezing activity of airborne Asian dust, especially its sensitivity to particle size, is poorly …

Properties of dust source material and volcanic ash in Iceland

MK Butwin, MA Pfeffer, S von Löwis… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The volcanic origin, primarily basaltic, of most of the surface material in Iceland influences its
physical properties and appearance. Size distributions, shape analyses and melting …

[HTML][HTML] Composition of ice particle residuals in mixed-phase clouds at Jungfraujoch (Switzerland): enrichment and depletion of particle groups relative to total aerosol

S Eriksen Hammer, S Mertes… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Ice particle residuals (IRs) and the total aerosol particle population were sampled in parallel
during mixed-phase cloud events at the high-altitude research station Jungfraujoch in …