Integrated science teaching in atmospheric ice nucleation research: immersion freezing experiments

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This data supports a lab experiment-based module to integrate research and education in atmospheric ice nucleation, which is an important phenomenon potentially influencing global climate change. Our primary objective was to promote meaningful laboratory exercises to enhance the competence of students in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) by applying an appropriate methodology to laboratory ice nucleation measurements. To achieve our objectve, we tested our modules with a number of STEM interns, as well as students in a classroom setting, and trained them on how to experimentally simulate atmospheric ice nucleation and cloud droplet freezing. For practical training, we used a simple freezing assay device called the West Texas Cryogenic Refrigerator Applied to Freezing Test (WT-CRAFT) system. We provided hands-on lessons with students to let them calibrate WT-CRAFT with deionized ultrapure water and recorded representative experiments to understand the physicochemical properties of bulk water and droplet freezing.

Table S1 summarizes the WT-CRAFT calibration data based on measurements with filtered tap (F_Tap), deionized (DI), and HPLC water. Each measurement was performed by different individuals. The number of frozen droplets is shown as a function of temperature. The total number of droplets examined in each experiment was 70. Recorded videos are available in the supplemental data section.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.952536
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.952536
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Creator Hiranuma, Naruki ORCID logo; Wilbourn, Elise ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2022
Funding Reference National Science Foundation https://doi.org/10.13039/100000001 Crossref Funder ID 1941317 https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1941317 NSF CAREER: The Role of Ice-Nucleating Particles and Their Feedback on Clouds in Warming Arctic Climate
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 4 data points
Discipline Atmospheric Sciences; Atmospheric chemistry; Chemistry; Geosciences; Natural Sciences