The importance of new collection efficiency values including the effect of rear capture for the below-cloud scavenging of aerosol particles

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 142, Issue , 2014, Pages 57-66

  Quérel, Arnaud ^a,b   Monier, Marie ^b,c   Flossmann, Andrea I ^b,c   Lemaitre, Pascal ^a   Porcheron, Emmanuel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aerosol particle; Below cloud scavenging efficiencies; BERGAME; Impaction scavenging; Rear capture; Washout

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; DROPS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION; RAIN;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; BELOW-CLOUD SCAVENGING; BERGAME; REAR CAPTURE; WASHOUT;

EFFICIENCY;

AEROSOL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; RAINDROP; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY);

EID: 84895892605     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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