Size distributions of tropospheric particles in terms of the modified gamma function and relationships between skewness and mode radius

Claudio Tomasi; Francesco Tampieri

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v29i1.11331

Size distributions of tropospheric particles in terms of the modified gamma function and relationships between skewness and mode radius

Tellus

Volume 29 (1977): Issue 1

By: Claudio Tomasi and Francesco Tampieri

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|Jan 1977

Abstract

Size spectra of tropospheric particles measured by several authors have been interpreted using a computational method in terms of the modified gamma distribution function. The results are shown for particles of different origin: coastal and maritime, continental, desert, urban and anthropogenic. Correlation lines have been found between the skewness of the resulting size distributions and the logarithm of the corresponding mode radius for the various types of atmospheric particles. Based on these relationships a method is proposed which is suitable for obtaining size distributions of particulate matter typical of different atmosphere.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v29i1.11331 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 66 - 74

Submitted on: Oct 24, 1975

Accepted on: Mar 23, 1976

Published on: Jan 1, 1977

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© 1977 Claudio Tomasi, Francesco Tampieri, published by Stockholm University Press
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