Approximate analytical solutions to the condensation-coagulation equation of aerosols

Autor:	Smith, Naftali R., Shaviv, Nir J., Svensmark, Henrik
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Physics - Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Zdroj:	Aerosol Science and Technology 50, 578 (2016)
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
DOI:	10.1080/02786826.2016.1168921
Popis:	We present analytical solutions to the steady state injection-condensation-coagulation equation of aerosols in the atmosphere. These solutions are appropriate under different limits but more general than previously derived analytical solutions. For example, we provide an analytic solution to the coagulation limit plus a condensation correction. Our solutions are then compared with numerical results. We show that the solutions can be used to estimate the sensitivity of the cloud condensation nuclei number density to the nucleation rate of small condensation nuclei and to changes in the formation rate of sulfuric acid. Comment: 16 pages, 6 figures
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1502.06399 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv