Aerosol size distribution in a coagulating plume: analytical behavior and modeling applications

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 927-930

  Turco, Richard P ^a   Yu, Fangqun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; COAGULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SOOT; SULFURIC ACID; THERMAL PLUMES; WAKES; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

COAGULATION EQUATIONS; AEROSOL COAGULATION; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; ANALYTICAL BEHAVIOR; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; COAGULATION EQUATION; LARGE PARTICLE SIZES; PARTICLE COAGULATION; SIZE-DEPENDENT REACTIVITY;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL SIZE; AIRCRAFT EXHAUST;

CITRUS MAXIMA;

EID: 7344251718     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00324     Document Type: Article

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