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https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-853
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-853
09 Apr 2024
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Ice-nucleating particles active below -24 °C in a Finnish boreal forest and their relationship to bioaerosols

Franziska Vogel, Michael P. Adams, Larissa Lacher, Polly Foster, Grace C. E. Porter, Barbara Bertozzi, Kristina Höhler, Julia Schneider, Tobias Schorr, Nsikanabasi S. Umo, Jens Nadolny, Zoé Brasseur, Paavo Heikkilä, Erik S. Thomson, Nicole Büttner, Martin I. Daily, Romy Fösig, Alexander D. Harrison, Jorma Keskinen, Ulrike Proske, Jonathan Duplissy, Markku Kulmala, Tuukka Petäjä, Ottmar Möhler, and Benjamin J. Murray

Abstract. Cloud properties are strongly influenced by ice formation, hence we need to understand the sources of ice-nucleating particles (INPs) around the globe. Boreal forests are known as sources of bioaerosol and recent work indicates that these dominate the INP spectra above -24 °C. To quantify the INP population at temperatures below -24 °C, we deployed a portable cloud expansion chamber (PINE) in a Finnish boreal forest from March 13, 2018 to May 11, 2018. Using the 6 min time resolution PINE data, we present several lines of evidence that INPs below -24 °C in this location are also from biological sources: an INP parameterization developed for a pine forest site in Colorado, where many INPs were shown to be biological, produced a good fit to our measurements; a moderate correlation of INP with aerosol concentration larger than 0.5 μm and the fluorescent bioaerosol concentration; a negative correlation with relative humidity that may relate to enhanced release of bioaerosol at low humidity from local sources such as the prolific lichen population in boreal forests. The absence of correlation with ultrafine particles (3.5 to 50 nm) indicates that new particle formation events are not sources of INP. This study should motivate further work to establish if the commonality in bioaerosol ice nucleating properties between spring in Finland and summer in Colorado is more generally applicable to different coniferous forest locations and times, and also to determine to what extent these bioaerosols are transported to locations where they may affect clouds.

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22 Oct 2024
Ice-nucleating particles active below −24 °C in a Finnish boreal forest and their relationship to bioaerosols
Franziska Vogel, Michael P. Adams, Larissa Lacher, Polly B. Foster, Grace C. E. Porter, Barbara Bertozzi, Kristina Höhler, Julia Schneider, Tobias Schorr, Nsikanabasi S. Umo, Jens Nadolny, Zoé Brasseur, Paavo Heikkilä, Erik S. Thomson, Nicole Büttner, Martin I. Daily, Romy Fösig, Alexander D. Harrison, Jorma Keskinen, Ulrike Proske, Jonathan Duplissy, Markku Kulmala, Tuukka Petäjä, Ottmar Möhler, and Benjamin J. Murray
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 11737–11757, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-11737-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-11737-2024, 2024
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Franziska Vogel, Michael P. Adams, Larissa Lacher, Polly Foster, Grace C. E. Porter, Barbara Bertozzi, Kristina Höhler, Julia Schneider, Tobias Schorr, Nsikanabasi S. Umo, Jens Nadolny, Zoé Brasseur, Paavo Heikkilä, Erik S. Thomson, Nicole Büttner, Martin I. Daily, Romy Fösig, Alexander D. Harrison, Jorma Keskinen, Ulrike Proske, Jonathan Duplissy, Markku Kulmala, Tuukka Petäjä, Ottmar Möhler, and Benjamin J. Murray

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  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-853', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 May 2024
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Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-853', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 May 2024
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-853', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 May 2024

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AR by Franziska Vogel on behalf of the Authors (09 Jul 2024)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (18 Jul 2024) by Hinrich Grothe
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (08 Aug 2024)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (14 Aug 2024)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (20 Aug 2024) by Hinrich Grothe
AR by Franziska Vogel on behalf of the Authors (27 Aug 2024)  Manuscript 

Journal article(s) based on this preprint

22 Oct 2024
Ice-nucleating particles active below −24 °C in a Finnish boreal forest and their relationship to bioaerosols
Franziska Vogel, Michael P. Adams, Larissa Lacher, Polly B. Foster, Grace C. E. Porter, Barbara Bertozzi, Kristina Höhler, Julia Schneider, Tobias Schorr, Nsikanabasi S. Umo, Jens Nadolny, Zoé Brasseur, Paavo Heikkilä, Erik S. Thomson, Nicole Büttner, Martin I. Daily, Romy Fösig, Alexander D. Harrison, Jorma Keskinen, Ulrike Proske, Jonathan Duplissy, Markku Kulmala, Tuukka Petäjä, Ottmar Möhler, and Benjamin J. Murray
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 11737–11757, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-11737-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-11737-2024, 2024
Short summary
Franziska Vogel, Michael P. Adams, Larissa Lacher, Polly Foster, Grace C. E. Porter, Barbara Bertozzi, Kristina Höhler, Julia Schneider, Tobias Schorr, Nsikanabasi S. Umo, Jens Nadolny, Zoé Brasseur, Paavo Heikkilä, Erik S. Thomson, Nicole Büttner, Martin I. Daily, Romy Fösig, Alexander D. Harrison, Jorma Keskinen, Ulrike Proske, Jonathan Duplissy, Markku Kulmala, Tuukka Petäjä, Ottmar Möhler, and Benjamin J. Murray
Franziska Vogel, Michael P. Adams, Larissa Lacher, Polly Foster, Grace C. E. Porter, Barbara Bertozzi, Kristina Höhler, Julia Schneider, Tobias Schorr, Nsikanabasi S. Umo, Jens Nadolny, Zoé Brasseur, Paavo Heikkilä, Erik S. Thomson, Nicole Büttner, Martin I. Daily, Romy Fösig, Alexander D. Harrison, Jorma Keskinen, Ulrike Proske, Jonathan Duplissy, Markku Kulmala, Tuukka Petäjä, Ottmar Möhler, and Benjamin J. Murray

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Short summary
Primary ice formation in clouds strongly influences their properties, hence it is important to understand the sources of ice-nucleating particles (INPs) and their variability. We present 2 months INP measurements in a Finnish boreal forest using a new semi-autonomous INP counting device based on gas expansion. These results show strong variability in INP concentrations, and we present a case that the INP we observe are, at least some of the time, of biological origin.