Weighted Flow Algorithms (WFA) for stochastic particle coagulation

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 230, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 8427-8451

  DeVille, R E L ^a   Riemer, N ^a   West, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol modeling; Multiscale numerics; Particle methods; Smoluchowski equations; Stochastic simulations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

AEROSOL MODELS; FLOW ALGORITHM; MULTI DIMENSIONAL; MULTISCALE NUMERIC; PARTICLE COAGULATION; PARTICLE METHODS; SMOLUCHOWSKI EQUATION; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; STOCHASTICS; TIME EVOLUTIONS;

COAGULATION;

EID: 80053133091     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2011.07.027     Document Type: Article

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