A parameterization of the efficiency of nucleation scavenging of aerosol particles and some related physicochemical factors

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 2335-2341

  Liu, Xiaohong ^a   Wang, Mingkang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Entrainment; Nucleation scavenging; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; JUNGE AEROSOL; NUCLEATION SCAVENGING; WET DEPOSITION;

ACID RAIN; AEROSOL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MODEL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLUME DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR ENTRAINMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CONDENSATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ASCENDING AIR PARCEL; NUCLEATION SCAVENGING; NUCLEATION SCAVENGING EFFICIENCY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL FACTORS; WET DEPOSITION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 0030468773     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(95)00450-5     Document Type: Article

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