Simulation of the evolution of particle size distributions containing coarse particulate in the atmospheric surface layer with a simple convection-diffusion-sedimentation model

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 29, 2009, Pages 4435-4443

  Hubbard, J A ^a,b   Haglund, J S ^a,b   Ezekoye, O A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric surface layer; Coarse particulate transport; Crossing trajectories effect; Particle Peclet number; Particle size distribution; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; ATMOSPHERIC STRATIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYERS; ATMOSPHERIC WINDS; COARSE PARTICULATE TRANSPORT; COARSE PARTICULATES; CONVECTION DIFFUSION; CROSSING TRAJECTORIES EFFECT; CURRENT MODELS; DEPOSITION VELOCITIES; DISPERSION MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIRST-ORDER ANALYSIS; FUGITIVE DUST; INDUSTRIAL SOURCE COMPLEXES; LOG-NORMAL; MASS MEDIAN AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; PARTICLE INERTIA; PARTICLE MOTIONS; PARTICLE PECLET NUMBER; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SAMPLING LOCATION; SEDIMENTATION MODEL; SIMILARITY THEORY; SIMULATION DATA; SURFACE LAYER WINDS; TURBULENT DIFFUSIVITIES; TURBULENT DISPERSION; VERTICAL DIRECTION; VERTICAL VARIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CROSSINGS (PIPE AND CABLE); DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DISPERSIONS; HEAT CONVECTION; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PECLET NUMBER; SEDIMENTATION; SIMULATORS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE DIFFUSION; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSIVITY; MODELING; PARTICLE MOTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEDIMENTATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE LAYER; WIND VELOCITY;

ACCURACY; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; GRAVITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY; WIND;

NEPTUNIA;

EID: 67849097160     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.06.020     Document Type: Article

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