Below-cloud rain scavenging of atmospheric aerosols for aerosol deposition models

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 528-536

  Chate, D M ^a   Murugavel, P ^a   Ali, K ^a   Tiwari, S ^a   Beig, G ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol scavenging; Depositions; Electro scavenging; Thermo phoresis

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION MODES; AEROSOL DEPOSITION; AEROSOL DISTRIBUTION; AEROSOL SIZE; AIR FLOW; BELOW-CLOUD; CALPUFF; ELECTRO-SCAVENGING; FIELD MEASUREMENT; SCAVENGING COEFFICIENTS; SOURCE-RECEPTOR; TYPICAL URBAN; WIND SPEED;

EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; ODOR CONTROL; RAIN; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY);

EID: 79451474551     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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