Articles | Volume 17, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-4159-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-4159-2017
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28 Mar 2017
Research article |  | 28 Mar 2017

Experimental evidence of the rear capture of aerosol particles by raindrops

Pascal Lemaitre, Arnaud Querel, Marie Monier, Thibault Menard, Emmanuel Porcheron, and Andrea I. Flossmann

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We present new measurements of the efficiency with which aerosol particles are collected by raindrops. These measurements provide the link to reconcile the scavenging coefficients obtained from theoretical approaches with those from experimental studies. We provide proof of the rear capture that is a fundamental effect on submicroscopic particles. Finally, we propose an expression to take into account this mechanism to calculate the collection efficiency for drops within the rain size range.
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