review

Abstract

The manuscript is a very well written and quite exhaustive study about the ice nucleation ability of different samples related to Arctic sea water (algal cultures and sea surface microlayer samples), examined with different measurement approaches. Measurement approaches include the examination of liquid samples on a cold-stage, and measuring aerosolized samples with the expansion chamber AIDA and the in-situ instrument INKA (a continuous flow diffusion chamber). For aerosol generation, two different methods were deployed, aerosolization and a plunging jet sea spray chamber.