title: Interactions of Water with Mineral Dust Aerosol: Water Adsorption, Hygroscopicity, Cloud Condensation, and Ice Nucleation.
abstract: Mineral dust aerosol is one of the major types of aerosol present in the troposphere. The molecular level interactions of water vapor with mineral dust are of global significance. Hygroscopicity, light scattering and absorption, heterogneous reactivity and the ability to form clouds are all related to water-dust interactions. In this review article, experimental techniques to probe water interactions with dust and theoretical frameworks to understand these interactions are discussed. A comprehensive overview of laboratory studies of water adsorption, hygroscopicity, cloud condensation, and ice nucleation of fresh and atmspherically aged mineral dust particles is provided. Finally, we relate laboratory studies and theoretical simulations that provide fundemental insights into these processes on the molecular level with field measurements that illustrate the atmospheric significance of these processes. Overall, the details of water interactions with mineral dust are covered from multiple perspectives in this review article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa , Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States.
authors.forename: Mingjin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Cziczo
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa , Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States.|Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Nanoengineering and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States.
authors.forename: Vicki H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Grassian