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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-3181-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-3181-2020
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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17 Mar 2020
Research article |
| 17 Mar 2020
| 17 Mar 2020
Electrostatic forces alter particle size distributions in atmospheric dust
Joseph R. Toth III
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Siddharth Rajupet
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Henry Squire
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Blaire Volbers
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Key Laboratory of Mechanics on Disaster and Environment in Western China, Ministry of Education of China, Lanzhou, Gansu, 7300000, China
College of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou,
Gansu, 7300000, China
Li Xie
Key Laboratory of Mechanics on Disaster and Environment in Western China, Ministry of Education of China, Lanzhou, Gansu, 7300000, China
College of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou,
Gansu, 7300000, China
R. Mohan Sankaran
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Daniel J. Lacks
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Atmospheric dust interacts with solar radiation, which influences the climate, with larger-sized particles having a heating effect, and smaller-sized particles having a cooling effect. Previous studies on long-range dust transport have found larger particles than expected, without a model to explain their transport. We find that sufficient electrostatic forces suspend more larger particles in the atmosphere and may help explain unexpected large particle transport.
Atmospheric dust interacts with solar radiation, which influences the climate, with larger-sized...
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