Experimental study of the effects of environmental and fog condensation nuclei parameters on the rate of fog formation and dissipation using a new laboratory scale fog generation facility

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 140-154

  Singh, Vivek Pratap ^a   Gupta, Tarun ^a   Tripathi, Sachchida Nand ^a   Jariwala, Chinmay ^a   Das, Utpal ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Condensation; Droplet growth; Fog; Hygroscopic; Visibility

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL NATURE; CONDENSATION NUCLEI; DROPLET DISTRIBUTION; DROPLET GROWTH; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FOG CHAMBER; FOG DROPLET SIZE; FOG FORMATION; GOVERNING PARAMETERS; HYGROSCOPIC; HYGROSCOPIC NATURE; LABORATORY SCALE; MONOCHROMATIC LASERS; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SETTLING TIME; VISIBILITY MEASUREMENTS; VISIBILITY REDUCTION;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CONDENSATION; DRIERS (MATERIALS); DROPS; LABORATORIES; NEON; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VISIBILITY;

FOG;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONDENSATION; DISSIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOG; OPTIMIZATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VISIBILITY;

EID: 79953160398     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2010.08.0071     Document Type: Article

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