Below-cloud scavenging by rain of atmospheric gases and particulates

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 39, 2011, Pages 7201-7217

  Duhanyan, Nora ^a   Roustan, Yelva ^a  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

Below cloud scavenging by rain; Gas; Model; Particulate matter; Raindrop size distributions; Raindrop terminal velocities; Scavenging coefficient

Indexed keywords

BELOW-CLOUD SCAVENGING BY RAIN; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; RAINDROP TERMINAL VELOCITIES; SCAVENGING COEFFICIENT;

AIR QUALITY; DROPS; POLLUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THUNDERSTORMS;

RAIN;

RAIN;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECISION; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SIZE DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BELOW CLOUD SCAVENGING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GAS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; RAINDROP TERMINAL VELOCITY; VELOCITY;

EID: 80855134300     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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