A biogenic secondary organic aerosol source of cirrus ice nucleating particles

Martin J. Wolf; Yue Zhang; Maria A. Zawadowicz; Megan Goodell; Karl Froyd; Evelyn Freney; Karine Sellegri; Michael Rösch; Tianqu Cui; Margaux Winter; Larissa Lacher; Duncan Axisa; Paul J. DeMott; Ezra J.T. Levin; Ellen Gute; Jonathan Abbatt; Abigail Koss; Jesse H. Kroll; Jason D. Surratt; Daniel J. Cziczo

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18424-6

A biogenic secondary organic aerosol source of cirrus ice nucleating particles

Martin J. Wolf
, Yue Zhang
, Maria A. Zawadowicz
, Megan Goodell
, Karl Froyd
, Evelyn Freney
, Karine Sellegri
, Michael Rösch
, Tianqu Cui
, Margaux Winter
, Larissa Lacher
, Duncan Axisa
, Paul J. DeMott
, Ezra J.T. Levin
, Ellen Gute
, Jonathan Abbatt
, Abigail Koss
, Jesse H. Kroll
, Jason D. Surratt
, Daniel J. Cziczo

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Aerodyne Research, Inc.
Boston College
Texas A&M University
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
University of Colorado Boulder
Université Clermont Auvergne
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Paul Scherrer Institute
Harvard University
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Droplet Measurement Technology
Colorado State University
Now at Handix Scientific Inc
University of Toronto
TOFWERK USA
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Purdue University

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Abstract

Atmospheric ice nucleating particles (INPs) influence global climate by altering cloud formation, lifetime, and precipitation efficiency. The role of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) material as a source of INPs in the ambient atmosphere has not been well defined. Here, we demonstrate the potential for biogenic SOA to activate as depositional INPs in the upper troposphere by combining field measurements with laboratory experiments. Ambient INPs were measured in a remote mountaintop location at –46 °C and an ice supersaturation of 30% with concentrations ranging from 0.1 to 70 L^–1. Concentrations of depositional INPs were positively correlated with the mass fractions and loadings of isoprene-derived secondary organic aerosols. Compositional analysis of ice residuals showed that ambient particles with isoprene-derived SOA material can act as depositional ice nuclei. Laboratory experiments further demonstrated the ability of isoprene-derived SOA to nucleate ice under a range of atmospheric conditions. We further show that ambient concentrations of isoprene-derived SOA can be competitive with other INP sources. This demonstrates that isoprene and potentially other biogenically-derived SOA materials could influence cirrus formation and properties.

Original language	English
Article number	4834
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18424-6
State	Published - Dec 1 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Wolf, M. J., Zhang, Y., Zawadowicz, M. A., Goodell, M., Froyd, K., Freney, E., Sellegri, K., Rösch, M., Cui, T., Winter, M., Lacher, L., Axisa, D., DeMott, P. J., Levin, E. J. T., Gute, E., Abbatt, J., Koss, A., Kroll, J. H., Surratt, J. D., & Cziczo, D. J. (2020). A biogenic secondary organic aerosol source of cirrus ice nucleating particles. Nature Communications, 11(1), Article 4834. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18424-6

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Wolf, MJ, Zhang, Y, Zawadowicz, MA, Goodell, M, Froyd, K, Freney, E, Sellegri, K, Rösch, M, Cui, T, Winter, M, Lacher, L, Axisa, D, DeMott, PJ, Levin, EJT, Gute, E, Abbatt, J, Koss, A, Kroll, JH, Surratt, JD & Cziczo, DJ 2020, 'A biogenic secondary organic aerosol source of cirrus ice nucleating particles', Nature Communications, vol. 11, no. 1, 4834. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18424-6

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