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Ubiquity of biological ice nucleators in snowfall [1]

Aerosols play an integral role in climate by directly scattering or absorbing solar radiation, and indirectly these particles serve as condensation and ice nucleic in clouds. Ice formation in tropospheric clouds is required for snow and most rainfall.

Publication Date: 
29/02/2008
Brent C. Christner [2], Cindy E. Morris [3], Christine M. Foreman & et al [4]
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Atmosphere [5], Atmosphere Science [6], Climate Change [7], Aerosols [8], Micro Organisms [9], Science [10]
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