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JM Creamean, JE Ceniceros… - Biogeosciences …, 2020 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org

Evaluating the potential for Archaea to serve as ice nucleating particles.

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program AND Program Evaluation

Ceniceros, Creamean

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Aerosols play a crucial role in cloud formation. Biologically-derived materials from microorganisms such as plant 10 bacteria, fungi, pollen, and various vegetative detritus can serve as ice nucleating particles (INPs), some of which initiate glaciation in clouds at relatively warm freezing temperatures. However, determining the magnitude of the interactions between clouds and biologically-derived INPs remains a significant challenge due to the diversity and complexity of bioaerosols, and limited observations of such aerosols …

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