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D’Angelo, A., Chamberlain, E. J., Creamean, J. M.  Bowman, J. S., Loose, B.: Methane cycling within the Arctic Ocean: insights from the MOSAiC expedition, Glob. Chang. Biol., submitted, 2025.

Mavis, C., Vazquez, M., Bekemeier, C., Barry, K., Chamberlain, E., Schmale, J., Jokinen, T., Laurila, T., Shupe, M., Dahlke, S., Hoppe, C., Fong, A., Oggier, M., Ulfsbo, A., Balmonte, J.-P., Bucci, S., Bowman, J., HIll, T., DeMott, P., Kreidenweis, S., and Creamean, J. M. : Investigating meltwater as a local source of ice nucleating particles in the central Arctic summer, Geophys. Res. Lett., submitted, 2025.

Creamean, J. M. , Hume, C. C., Vazquez, M., and Theisen, A.: Long-term measurements of ice nucleating particles at Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) sites worldwide, Earth System Science Data Discussions, 1–31, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2025-352, 2025.

Creamean, J. M. , Miller, L. A., van Pinxteren, M., Crabeck, O., Steiner, N. S., Marelle, L., Deschepper, I., Lapere, R., Leon-Marcos, A., Pratt, K. A., Thomas, J. L., Da Silva, A., Frey, M. M., Peeken, I., Horowitz. H. M., Willis, M. D., Price, R.: Polar primary aerosols across the ocean-sea ice-snow-atmosphere interface: from sources to impacts, Elements, under review, 2025.

Xu, X., Cheng, Y., Yang, X., Frey, M., Creamean, J. M. , Dou, T., Guang, L. Huang, N. Schmale, J., Shupe, M., Gong, X.: Aerosol produced by local blowing snow as important as long-range transported pollution for central Arctic surface warming, Sci. Adv., under review, 2025.

Heutte, B., Angot, H., Chen, G. I., Pernov, J. B., El Haddad, I., Dada, L., Daellenbach, K. R., Beck, I., Bergner, N., Bucci, S., Creamean, J. M., Kulmala, M., Laurila, T., Petäjä, T., Pratt, K. A., Prévôt, A. S. H., Quéléver, L. L. J., Zieger, P., Jokinen, T., and Schmale, J.: Sources and Composition of Organic Aerosols in the Central Arctic during Spring and Summer, Environ. Sci. Technol., https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c09788, 2025.

Chamberlain, E. J., Rokitta, S., Rost, B., D’Angelo, A., Creamean, J. M., Loose, B., Ulfsbo, A., Fong, A. A., Hoppe, C. J. M., Droste, E. S., Nomura, D., Schulz, K., and Bowman, J.: Predictive links between microbial communities and biological oxygen utilization in the Arctic Ocean, Limnology and Oceanography, 70, 2315–2331, https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.70125, 2025.

Barry, K. R., Hill, T. C. J., Kreidenweis, S. M., DeMott, P. J., Tobo, Y., and Creamean, J. M.: Bioaerosols as indicators of central Arctic ice nucleating particle sources, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 25, 11919–11933, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-11919-2025, 2025.

Bartels-Rausch, T., Creamean, J. M., Thomas, J. L., Willis, M., and Zieger, P.: Spiers Memorial Lecture: Ten crucial unknowns in atmospheric chemistry in the cold, Faraday Discuss., https://doi.org/10.1039/D5FD00056D, 2025.

Nieto-Caballero, M., Barry, K. R., Hill, T. C. J., Douglas, T. A., DeMott, P. J., Kreidenweis, S. M., and Creamean, J. M.: Airborne Bacteria over Thawing Permafrost Landscapes in the Arctic, Environ. Sci. Technol., https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c11774, 2025.

Bergner, N., and coauthors (including Creamean, J. M.): Characteristics and effects of aerosols during blowing snow events in the central Arctic, Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 13, 00047, https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2024.00047, 2025.

DeMott, P. J., and coauthors (including Creamean, J. M.): Ice nucleating particle sources and transports between the Central and Southern Arctic regions during winter cold air outbreaks, Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 13, 00063, https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2024.00063, 2025.

Heutte, B., and coauthors (including Creamean, J. M.): Observations of high-time-resolution and size-resolved aerosol chemical composition and microphysics in the central Arctic: implications for climate-relevant particle properties, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 2207–2241, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-2207-2025, 2025.

Freitas, G. P., Kojoj, J., Mavis, C., Creamean, J. M., Mattsson, F., Nilsson, L., Schmidt, J. S., Adachi, K., Šantl-Temkiv, T., Ahlberg, E., Mohr, C., Riipinen, I., and Zieger, P.: A comprehensive characterisation of natural aerosol sources in the high Arctic during the onset of sea ice melt, Faraday Discuss., https://doi.org/10.1039/D4FD00162A, 2024.

Brahney, J., and coauthors (including Creamean, J. M.): Dust in the Critical Zone: North American case studies, Earth-Science Rev., 258, 104942, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2024.104942, 2024.

Lill, E., Costa, E. J., Barry, K., Mirrielees, J. A., Mashkevich, M., Wu, J., Holen, A. L., Cesler-Maloney, M., DeMott, P. J., Perkins, R., Hill, T., Sullivan, A., Levin, E., Simpson, W. R., Mao, J., Temime-Roussel, B., D’Anna, B., Law, K. S., Ault, A. P., Schmitt, C., Pratt, K. A., Fischer, E. V., and Creamean, J. M.: The Abundance and Sources of Ice Nucleating Particles Within Alaskan Ice Fog, J. Geophys. Res.: Atmospheres, 129, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD041170, 2024.

Fong, A. A., and coauthors (including Creamean, J. M.): Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Ecosystem, Elementa, https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2023.00135, 2024.

Beck, I., and coauthors (including Creamean, J. M.): Characteristics and sources of fluorescent aerosols in the central Arctic Ocean, Elementa, https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2023.00125, 2024.

Simpson, W. R., and coauthors (including Creamean, J. M.): Overview of the Alaskan Layered Pollution and Chemical Analysis (ALPACA) Field Experiment, EST Air, 1, 200–222, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.3c00076, 2024.

Ansmann, A., and coauthors (including Creamean, J. M.): Annual cycle of aerosol properties over the central Arctic during MOSAiC 2019–2020 – light-extinction, CCN, and INP levels from the boundary layer to the tropopause, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 12821–12849, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-12821-2023, 2023.

Barry, K. R., Hill, T. C. J., Nieto-Caballero, M., Douglas, T. A., Kreidenweis, S. M., DeMott, P. J., and Creamean, J. M.: Active thermokarst regions contain rich sources of ice-nucleating particles, Atmo. Chem. Phys., 23, 15783–15793, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-15783-2023, 2023.

Feldman, D. R., and coauthors (including Creamean, J. M.): The Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) Campaign, Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0049.1, 2023.

Barry, K. R., Hill, T. C. J., Moore, K. A., Douglas, T. A., Kreidenweis, S. M., DeMott, P. J., and Creamean, J. M.: Persistence and Potential Atmospheric Ramifications of Ice-Nucleating Particles Released from Thawing Permafrost, Environ. Sci. Technol., 57, 3505–3515, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c06530, 2023.

Gong, X., and coauthors (including Creamean, J. M.): Arctic warming by abundant fine sea salt aerosols from blowing snow, Nat. Geosci., 16, 768–774, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01254-8, 2023.

Mallet, M. D., and coauthors (including Creamean, J. M.): Untangling the influence of Antarctic and Southern Ocean life on clouds, Elementa, https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2022.00130, 2023.

Smith, M. M., and coauthors (including Creamean, J. M.): Thin and transient meltwater layers and false bottoms in the Arctic sea ice pack—Recent insights on these historically overlooked features, Elementa, https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2023.00025, 2023.

Angelopoulos, M., and coauthors (including Creamean, J. M.): Deciphering the Properties of Different Arctic Ice Types During the Growth Phase of MOSAiC: Implications for Future Studies on Gas Pathways, Frontiers in Earth Sci., 10, 864523, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.864523, 2022.

Creamean, J. M., Barry, K., Hill, T. C. J., Hume, C., DeMott, P. J., Shupe, M. D., Dahlke, S., Willmes, S., Schmale, J., Beck, I., Hoppe, C. J. M., Fong, A., Chamberlain, E., Bowman, J., Scharien, R., and Persson, O.: Annual cycle observations of aerosols capable of ice formation in central Arctic clouds, Nat Commun, 13, 3537, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31182-x, 2022.

Mock, T., and coauthors (including Creamean, J. M.): Multiomics in the central Arctic Ocean for benchmarking biodiversity change, PLOS Biology, 20, e3001835, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001835, 2022.

Shupe, M. D., and coauthors (including Creamean, J. M.): Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Atmosphere, Elementa,  https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2021.00060, 2022.

Creamean, J. M., de Boer, G., Telg, H., Mei, F., Dexheimer, D., Shupe, M. D., Solomon, A., and McComiskey, A.: Assessing the vertical structure of Arctic aerosols using balloon-borne measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 1737–1757, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1737-2021, 2021.

Creamean, J. M., Ceniceros, J. E., Newman, L., Pace, A. D., Hill, T. C. J., DeMott, P. J., and Rhodes, M. E.: Evaluating the potential for Haloarchaea to serve as ice nucleating particles, Biogeosciences, 18, 3751–3762, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3751-2021, 2021.

Knopf, D. A., and coauthors (including Creamean, J. M.): Aerosol–Ice Formation Closure: A Southern Great Plains Field Campaign, Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0151.1, 2021.

Creamean, J. M., Hill, T. C. J., DeMott, P. J., Uetake, J., Kreidenweis, S., and Douglas, T. A.: Thawing permafrost: an overlooked source of seeds for Arctic cloud formation, Environ. Res. Lett., 15, 084022, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab87d3, 2020.

Boer, G. de, Cox, C. J., and Creamean, J. M.: Accelerated Springtime Melt of Snow on Tundra Downwind from Northern Alaska River Systems Resulting from Niveo-aeolian Deposition Events, ARCTIC, 72, 245–257, https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic68654, 2019.

Creamean, J. M., Cross, J. N., Pickart, R., McRaven, L., Lin, P., Pacini, A., Hanlon, R., Schmale, D. G., Ceniceros, J., Aydell, T., Colombi, N., Bolger, E., and DeMott, P. J.: Ice Nucleating Particles Carried From Below a Phytoplankton Bloom to the Arctic Atmosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 8572–8581, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083039, 2019.

Creamean, J. M., Mignani, C., Bukowiecki, N., and Conen, F.: Using freezing spectra characteristics to identify ice-nucleating particle populations during the winter in the Alps, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 8123–8140, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8123-2019, 2019.

Mignani, C., Creamean, J. M., Zimmermann, L., Alewell, C., and Conen, F.: New type of evidence for secondary ice formation at around −15°C in mixed-phase clouds, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 877–886, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-877-2019, 2019.

Boer, G. de, and coauthors (including Creamean, J. M.): A Bird’s-Eye View: Development of an Operational ARM Unmanned Aerial Capability for Atmospheric Research in Arctic Alaska, Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 99, 1197–1212, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0156.1, 2018.

Creamean, J. M., Primm, K. M., Tolbert, M. A., Hall, E. G., Wendell, J., Jordan, A., Sheridan, P. J., Smith, J., and Schnell, R. C.: HOVERCAT: a novel aerial system for evaluation of aerosol–cloud interactions, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 3969–3985, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3969-2018, 2018.

Creamean, J. M., Kirpes, R. M., Pratt, K. A., Spada, N. J., Maahn, M., de Boer, G., Schnell, R. C., and China, S.: Marine and terrestrial influences on ice nucleating particles during continuous springtime measurements in an Arctic oilfield location, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 18023–18042, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-18023-2018, 2018.

Creamean, J. M., Maahn, M., de Boer, G., McComiskey, A., Sedlacek, A. J., and Feng, Y.: The influence of local oil exploration and regional wildfires on summer 2015 aerosol over the North Slope of Alaska, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 555–570, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-555-2018, 2018.

Solomon, A., de Boer, G., Creamean, J. M., McComiskey, A., Shupe, M. D., Maahn, M., and Cox, C.: The relative impact of cloud condensation nuclei and ice nucleating particle concentrations on phase partitioning in Arctic mixed-phase stratocumulus clouds, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 17047–17059, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-17047-2018, 2018.

Coluzza, I., Creamean, J. M., and coauthors: Perspectives on the Future of Ice Nucleation Research: Research Needs and Unanswered Questions Identified from Two International Workshops, Atmosphere, 8, 138, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos8080138, 2017.

Maahn, M., de Boer, G., Creamean, J. M., Feingold, G., McFarquhar, G. M., Wu, W., and Mei, F.: The observed influence of local anthropogenic pollution on northern Alaskan cloud properties, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 14709–14726, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-14709-2017, 2017.

Morris, C. E., Soubeyrand, S., Bigg, E. K., Creamean, J. M., and Sands, D. C.: Mapping Rainfall Feedback to Reveal the Potential Sensitivity of Precipitation to Biological Aerosols, Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 98, 1109–1118, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00293.1, 2017.

Creamean, J. M., Axson, J. L., Bondy, A. L., Craig, R. L., May, N. W., Shen, H., Weber, M. H., Pratt, K. A., and Ault, A. P.: Changes in precipitating snow chemistry with location and elevation in the California Sierra Nevada, J. Geophys. Res.: Atmospheres, 121, 7296–7309, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD024700, 2016.

Creamean, J. M., Neiman, P. J., Coleman, T., Senff, C. J., Kirgis, G., Alvarez, R. J., and Yamamoto, A.: Colorado air quality impacted by long-range-transported aerosol: a set of case studies during the 2015 Pacific Northwest fires, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 12329–12345, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-12329-2016, 2016.

Creamean, J. M., White, A. B., Minnis, P., Palikonda, R., Spangenberg, D. A., and Prather, K. A.: The relationships between insoluble precipitation residues, clouds, and precipitation over California’s southern Sierra Nevada during winter storms, Atmos. Environ., 140, 298–310, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.06.016, 2016.

Creamean, J. M., Ault, A. P., White, A. B., Neiman, P. J., Ralph, F. M., Minnis, P., and Prather, K. A.: Impact of interannual variations in sources of insoluble aerosol species on orographic precipitation over California’s central Sierra Nevada, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 6535–6548, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-6535-2015, 2015.

Creamean, J. M., Lee, C., Hill, T. C., Ault, A. P., DeMott, P. J., White, A. B., Ralph, F. M., and Prather, K. A.: Chemical properties of insoluble precipitation residue particles, Journal of Aerosol Science, 76, 13–27, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2014.05.005, 2014.

Creamean, J. M., Spackman, J. R., Davis, S. M., and White, A. B.: Climatology of long-range transported Asian dust along the West Coast of the United States, J. Geophys. Res.: Atmospheres, 119, 12,171-12,185, https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JD021694, 2014.

Creamean, J. M., Suski, K. J., Rosenfeld, D., Cazorla, A., DeMott, P. J., Sullivan, R. C., White, A. B., Ralph, F. M., Minnis, P., Comstock, J. M., Tomlinson, J. M., and Prather, K. A.: Dust and Biological Aerosols from the Sahara and Asia Influence Precipitation in the Western U.S., Science, 339, 1572–1578, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1227279, 2013.

Creamean, J. M., Ault, A. P., Ten Hoeve, J. E., Jacobson, M. Z., Roberts, G. C., and Prather, K. A.: Measurements of Aerosol Chemistry during New Particle Formation Events at a Remote Rural Mountain Site, Environ. Sci. Technol., 45, 8208–8216, https://doi.org/10.1021/es103692f, 2011.