A theoretical study of the microphysical parameterization of the scavenging coefficient as a function of precipitation type and rate

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 2931-2938

  Mircea, Mihaela ^a   Stefan, Sabina ^b  

^a National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Microphysical parameterization; Precipitation scavenging; Wet removal

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; MICROPHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATION; SCAVENGING COEFFICIENT;

AIR POLLUTION;

NUMERICAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032171245     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00018-1     Document Type: Article

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