Articles | Volume 16, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-3449-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-3449-2016
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16 Mar 2016
Research article |  | 16 Mar 2016

Charging and coagulation of radioactive and nonradioactive particles in the atmosphere

Yong-ha Kim, Sotira Yiacoumi, Athanasios Nenes, and Costas Tsouris

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Three microphysical approaches are proposed to incorporate mutual effects of particle charging and coagulation in predictions of transient charge and size distributions of atmospheric particles, including radioactive aerosols. The three approaches have different levels of complexities and are applicable to various laboratory and field atmospheric studies. Also, these approaches can be easily incorporated into aerosol transport models at different scales to account for particle charging effects.
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