Simplified theoretical notion of contaminant removal by precipitation from the atmosphere
By: K. P. Makhon’ko
Abstract
Processes of contaminant washout and rainout from the atmosphere by precipitation are considered. Formulas of decreasing contaminant concentration in precipitation and in the air as a function of duration of precipitation are deduced. Coefficients of contaminant washout (below the cloud) and rainout (in the cloud layer of the atmosphere) for gases and aerosols are determined from comparison of theoretical curves with experimental data. Rainout of almost all the gases of the atmosphere is, at least, a factor of 10 less than that of aerosols.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v19i3.9815 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 467 - 476
Submitted on: Sep 24, 1965
Published on: Jan 1, 1967
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1967 K. P. Makhon’ko, published by Stockholm University Press
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