About the Authors

Isabell Müller-Germann

Affiliations Biogeochemistry and Multiphase Chemistry Departments, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany, Geosciences, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

Bernhard Vogel

Affiliation Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany

Heike Vogel

Affiliation Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany

Andreas Pauling

Affiliation MeteoSchweiz, Zürich-Airport, Zürich, Switzerland

Janine Fröhlich-Nowoisky

Affiliation Biogeochemistry and Multiphase Chemistry Departments, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany

Ulrich Pöschl

Affiliation Biogeochemistry and Multiphase Chemistry Departments, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany

Viviane R. Després

despres@uni-mainz.de

Affiliation Department of General Botany, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VD BV UP JF-N. Performed the experiments: IM-G AP HV. Analyzed the data: IM-G AP BV HV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UP AP BV. Wrote the paper: IM-G BV HV AP JF-N UP VD.