FIELD STUDIES OF ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE CONCENTRATION CHANGES DURING PRECIPITATION
FIELD STUDIES OF ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE CONCENTRATION CHANGES DURING PRECIPITATION
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DOI:
10.1016/0004-6981(78)90344-x
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
PETERS, LK
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作者:
DAVENPORT, HM;PETERS, LK
The effect of rain on changes in the atmospheric particulate concentration was evaluated, and these measurements were compared with theoretical calculations of particle washout coefficients. Cumulative particle number distributions in 2 size subranges, around 0.01 and 1 .mu.m, were measured at 2 different times during 3 separate precipitation events to establish apparent washout coefficients. Raindrop size distributions and precipitation intensity measurements were also obtained to estimate the theoretical washout coefficients. The experimental washout coefficients were between 2 .times. 10-5 s-1 and 1 .times. 10-4 s-1, depending on the raindrop size distributions and precipitation intensity. These values were 1-2 orders of magnitude greater than theoretical estimates that considered the known single droplet collection mechanisms of inertial impaction, interception. Brownian, diffusion, thermophoresis, diffusiophoresis and electrostatic charge effects. These results indicate that these mechanisms cannot adequately explain the observed decreases in particle number density during a precipitation event.