The chemistry and microphysics of intrastorm sequential precipitation samples

R. Castillo; G. Lala; J. E. Jiusto; S. Fuzzi

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v37i3.15011

The chemistry and microphysics of intrastorm sequential precipitation samples

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 37 (1985): Issue 3

By: R. Castillo, G. Lala, J. E. Jiusto and S. Fuzzi

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|Jan 1985

Abstract

A slow moving cold front, which deposited over 40 mm of rain, was investigated for relationships between pH, ion concentrations and precipitation microphysics. For the first time, precipitation droplet size spectra were available using a Particle Measuring System’s ground-based precipitation probe. The precipitation spectra allowed a preliminary analysis of below cloud rainscavenging: adsorption and impaction.

The cumulative rate of chemical precipitation versus cumulative water indicated two different slopes for the major ions contributing to the acidity of the precipitation. The slopes were consistent with a convective stage and a non-convective storm stage and this was consistent with rate of precipitation.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v37i3.15011 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 160 - 165

Submitted on: Jul 23, 1984

Accepted on: Apr 1, 1985

Published on: Jan 1, 1985

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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© 1985 R. Castillo, G. Lala, J. E. Jiusto, S. Fuzzi, published by Stockholm University Press
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Volume 37 (1985): Issue 3