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• Colorado air quality impacted by long-range-transported aerosol: a set of case studies during the 2015 Pacific Northwest fires

  Authors:Jessie M. Creamean, Paul J. Neiman, Timothy Coleman, Christoph J. Senff, Guillaume Kirgis, Raul J. Alvarez, et al.From:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 16, Issue 18) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 29, 2016290 words Brief article Biomass burning plumes containing aerosols from forest fires can be transported long distances, which can ultimately impact climate and air quality in regions far from the source. Interestingly, these fires can inject...

• New type of evidence for secondary ice formation at around -15 [degrees]C in mixed-phase clouds

  Authors:Claudia Mignani, Jessie M. Creamean, Lukas Zimmermann, Christine Alewell, and Franz ConenFrom:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 19, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 23, 2019288 words Author abstract, Bri...

  Ice crystal numbers can exceed the numbers of ice-nucleating particles (INPs) observed in mixed-phase clouds (MPCs) by several orders of magnitude, also at temperatures that are colder than...

• Assessing the vertical structure of Arctic aerosols using balloon-borne measurements.

  Authors:Jessie M. Creamean, Gijs de Boer, Hagen Telg, Fan Mei, Darielle Dexheimer, Matthew D. Shupe, et al.From:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 21, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 9, 2021362 words Brief article The rapidly warming Arctic is sensitive to perturbations in the surface energy budget, which can be caused by clouds and aerosols. However, the interactions between clouds and aerosols are poorly quantified in the...

• HOVERCAT: a novel aerial system for evaluation of aerosol-cloud interactions

  Authors:Jessie M. Creamean, Katherine M. Primm, Margaret A. Tolbert, Emrys G. Hall, Jim Wendell, Allen Jordan, et al.From:Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Vol. 11, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 6, 2018394 words Author abstract, Bri...

  Aerosols have a profound impact on cloud microphysics through their ability to serve as ice nucleating particles (INPs). As a result, cloud radiative properties and precipitation processes can be modulated by such...

• The observed influence of local anthropogenic pollution on northern Alaskan cloud properties

  Authors:Maximilian Maahn, Gijs de Boer, Jessie M. Creamean, Graham Feingold, Greg M. McFarquhar, Wei Wu, et al.From:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 17, Issue 23) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 11, 2017268 words Brief article 970LDue to their importance for the radiation budget, liquid-containing clouds are a key component of the Arctic climate system. Depending on season, they can cool or warm the near-surface air. The radiative...

• The relative impact of cloud condensation nuclei and ice nucleating particle concentrations on phase partitioning in Arctic mixed-phase stratocumulus clouds

  Authors:Amy Solomon, Gijs de Boer, Jessie M. Creamean, Allison McComiskey, Matthew D. Shupe, Maximilian Maahn, et al.From:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 18, Issue 23) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 3, 2018280 words Author abstract, Bri...

  This study investigates the interactions between cloud dynamics and aerosols in idealized large-eddy simulations (LES) of Arctic mixed-phase stratocumulus clouds (AMPS) observed at Oliktok Point, Alaska, in April...

• Marine and terrestrial influences on ice nucleating particles during continuous springtime measurements in an Arctic oilfield location

  Authors:Jessie M. Creamean, Rachel M. Kirpes, Kerri A. Pratt, Nicholas J. Spada, Maximilian Maahn, Gijs de Boer, et al.From:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 18, Issue 24) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 18, 2018330 words Author abstract, Bri...

  Aerosols that serve as ice nucleating particles (INPs) have the potential to modulate cloud microphysical properties and can therefore impact cloud radiative forcing (CRF) and precipitation formation processes. In...

• Mapping rainfall feedback to reveal the potential sensitivity of precipitation to biological aerosols

  Authors:Cindy E. Morris, Samuel Soubeyrand, E. Keith Bigg, Jessie M. Creamean, and David C. SandsFrom:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (Vol. 98, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20175,528 words Report 1490LThe aerosols that influence the initiation and amount of precipitation are cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), giant CCN, and ice nuclei. Aerosols are ever-present, their properties are variable, and their abundance is...

• The influence of local oil exploration and regional wildfires on summer 2015 aerosol over the North Slope of Alaska

  Authors:Jessie M. Creamean, Maximilian Maahn, Gijs de Boer, Allison McComiskey, Arthur J. Sedlacek, and Yan FengFrom:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 18, 201849 words Brief article, Repor... Byline: Jessie M. Creamean, Maximilian Maahn, Gijs de Boer, Allison McComiskey, Arthur J. Sedlacek, Yan Feng To access, purchase, authenticate, or subscribe to the full-text of this article, please visit this link:...

• Using freezing spectra characteristics to identify ice-nucleating particle populations during the winter in the Alps

  Authors:Jessie M. Creamean, Claudia Mignani, Nicolas Bukowiecki, and Franz ConenFrom:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 19, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  June 21, 2019376 words Author abstract, Bri...

  One of the least understood cloud processes is modulation of their microphysics by aerosols, specifically of cloud ice by ice-nucleating particles (INPs). To investigate INP impacts on cloud ice and subsequent...

• Evaluating the potential for Haloarchaea to serve as ice nucleating particles.

  Authors:Jessie M. Creamean, Julio E. Ceniceros, Lilyanna Newman, Allyson D. Pace, Thomas C. J. Hill, Paul J. DeMott, et al.From:Biogeosciences (Vol. 18, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  June 23, 2021308 words Brief article Aerosols play a crucial role in cloud formation. Biologically derived materials from bacteria, fungi, pollen, lichen, viruses, algae, and diatoms can serve as ice nucleating particles (INPs), some of which initiate...

• Dust and biological aerosols from the Sahara and Asia influence precipitation in the Western U.S.

  Authors:Jessie M. Creamean, Kaitiyn J. Suski, Daniel Rosenfeld, ALberto Cazorla, Paul J. DeMott, Ryan C. Sullivan, et al.From:Science (Vol. 339, Issue 6127) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 29, 2013127 words Author abstract

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• Accelerated Springtime Melt of Snow on Tundra Downwind from Northern Alaska River Systems Resulting from Niveo-aeolian Deposition Events.

  Authors:Gijs de Boer, Christopher J. Cox, and Jessie M. CreameanFrom:Arctic (Vol. 72, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20197,834 words Article 1610LABSTRACT. It is well known that light-absorbing particulate matter (PM) enhances absorption of sunlight when deposited on ice and snow. Such increased absorption is due to a reduction in surface albedo, resulting in...