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Pierre Minginette
Researcher at CERN
Publications - 1
Citations - 1071
Pierre Minginette is an academic researcher from CERN. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cloud physics & Cloud condensation nuclei. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 923 citations.
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Role of sulphuric acid, ammonia and galactic cosmic rays in atmospheric aerosol nucleation
Jasper Kirkby,Joachim Curtius,Joao Almeida,Joao Almeida,Eimear M. Dunne,Jonathan Duplissy,Jonathan Duplissy,Jonathan Duplissy,Sebastian Ehrhart,Alessandro Franchin,Stephanie Gagne,Stephanie Gagne,Luisa Ickes,Andreas Kürten,Agnieszka Kupc,A. Metzger,Francesco Riccobono,Linda Rondo,Siegfried Schobesberger,Georgios Tsagkogeorgas,Daniela Wimmer,António Amorim,F. Bianchi,F. Bianchi,Martin Breitenlechner,A. David,Josef Dommen,Andrew J. Downard,Mikael Ehn,Richard C. Flagan,S. Haider,Armin Hansel,Daniel Hauser,Werner Jud,Heikki Junninen,Fabian Kreissl,Alexander N. Kvashin,Ari Laaksonen,Katrianne Lehtipalo,Jorge Lima,Edward R. Lovejoy,Vladimir Makhmutov,Serge Mathot,Jyri Mikkilä,Pierre Minginette,S. Mogo,Tuomo Nieminen,Antti Onnela,Paulo J. Pereira,Tuukka Petäjä,R. Schnitzhofer,John H. Seinfeld,Mikko Sipilä,Mikko Sipilä,Yuri Stozhkov,Frank Stratmann,António Tomé,Joonas Vanhanen,Yrjö Viisanen,Aron Vrtala,Paul E. Wagner,Hansueli Walther,Ernest Weingartner,Heike Wex,Paul M. Winkler,Kenneth S. Carslaw,Douglas R. Worsnop,Urs Baltensperger,Markku Kulmala +68 more
TL;DR: First results from the CLOUD experiment at CERN are presented, finding that atmospherically relevant ammonia mixing ratios of 100 parts per trillion by volume, or less, increase the nucleation rate of sulphuric acid particles more than 100–1,000-fold and ion-induced binary nucleation of H2SO4–H2O can occur in the mid-troposphere but is negligible in the boundary layer.