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Göran Frank

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Droplet Formation and Growth in Polluted Fogs

Author

  • Göran Frank
  • Bengt Martinsson
  • Sven-Inge Cederfelt
  • Olle Berg
  • Erik Swietlicki
  • Manfred Wendish
  • Brett Yuskiewicz
  • Jost Heintzenberg
  • Alfred Wiedensohler
  • Douglas Orsini
  • Frank Stratmann
  • Paolo Laj
  • Loretta Ricci
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Summary, in English

Fog droplet formation and growth related to fog droplet activation were studied in a polluted region. The joint field experiments were carried out at San Pietro Capofiume in northern Italy during November 1994. It was found that the fog droplet number distribution was continuous in the size region 1-47 µm and that for most of the time the fog consisted of unactivated droplets, i.e. the droplets were smaller than the critical diameter for activation according to the Köhler equation. During a few time periods some of the droplets were possibly slightly larger than the critical diameter for activation. The solute concentration in the fog droplets was found to be strongly dependent and decreasing with increasing droplet size. The experimental results were compared with results obtaied using a fog model. Good overall agreement was found between the model and the experimental results, with respect to fog droplet size related to dry residue size, and to fog droplet number distribution. The fog model was also used to study the influence on fog droplet growth of the rate of temperature decrease, the aerosol particle mass load and fog liquid water content. In addition the effect of aging of the fog was also considered.

Department/s

  • Nuclear physics

Publishing year

1998

Language

English

Pages

65-85

Publication/Series

Contributions to Atmospheric Physics

Volume

71

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Deutsche Meteorologische Gesellschaft / Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbh

Topic

  • Subatomic Physics

Status

Published

Research group

  • Aerosol, Nuclear Physics

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0005-8173