Analytical formulas for the below-cloud scavenging coefficient of an irreversibily soluble gas: A quantitative eveluation for HNO3

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 547-565

  Mircea, Mihaela ^a   Stefan, Sabina ^b   Facchini, Maria Cristina ^a   Fuzzi, Sandro ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Below cloud parameterizations; Gas scavenging; Nitric acid

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; NITRIC ACID; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

GAS SCAVENGING; POWER FUNCTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

NITRIC ACID; SCAVENGER;

NITRIC ACID; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINDROP; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CALCULATION; DISSOCIATION; EVALUATION; GAS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARAMETER; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

EID: 3142699107     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2004.005127     Document Type: Article

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