Arctic Dust with High Ice Nucleating Ability Impacts Arctic Clouds
Investigators from Nagoya University and Japan’s National Institute of Polar Research discovered that dust from land without snow cover in the Arctic is a significant source of particles that form ice crystals in the Arctic’s low-level clouds (at altitudes below about 3 km) during summer and fall.
Megan Craig Kei Kawai Yutaka Tobo Geophysical Research Letters Nagoya University Associate Professor Hitoshi Matsui Nagoya University
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