An experiment to measure raindrop collection efficiencies: Influence of rear capture

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1321-1330

  Querel A ^a,b,d   Lemaitre, P ^a   Monier, M ^b,c   Porcheron, E ^a   Flossmann, A I ^b,c   Hervo, M ^b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE L'OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT; RADIONUCLIDE; RAINDROP;

EID: 84901200934     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-1321-2014     Document Type: Article

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