Numerical simulation of the interaction between ammonium nitrate aerosol and convective boundary-layer dynamics

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages 202-211

  Barbaro, E ^a   Krol, M C ^a,b   Vila Guerau de Arellano J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerosol nitrate deposition; Convective boundary layer dynamics; Gas aerosol conversion; Large Eddy simulation; Reactive turbulent exchange coefficient

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUDGET CONTROL; DEPOSITION; DYNAMICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NITRATES; QUALITY CONTROL;

AEROSOL ABSORPTION; AEROSOL NITRATES; ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; DEPOSITION VELOCITIES; EXCHANGE COEFFICIENTS; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SURFACE OBSERVATION;

AEROSOLS;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; BLACK CARBON;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENT FLOW; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOSIMETRY; DRY DEPOSITION; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAS ANALYSIS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENT FLOW;

CABAUW; NETHERLANDS; UTRECHT [NETHERLANDS];

EID: 84921833140     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.01.048     Document Type: Article

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