RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, VOL. 17, ES4001, doi:10.2205/2017ES000604, 2017

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• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Nucleation Bursts in the Atmosphere
  • 1.2 Why the Model is Linear?
• 2 The Model
  • 2.1 Toward Linearity
  • 2.2 Continuity Equation
  • 2.3 Parametrization
• 3 Exact Size Spectrum
• 4 Results and Discussion
  • 4.1 Scales and Units
  • 4.2 Scenarios of Nucleation Bursts
• 5 Conclusion
• Acknowledgment
• Appendix A. Coagulation Sink. Numerical Details
  • A1 General
  • A2 Dimension Carriers
• Appendix B. Solution of Continuity Equation
• References

• Figure 1. The efficiency of molecule condensation onto the particle surface...
• Figure 2. The size dependence of the coagulation sink $\lambda(a)/N_0$...
• Figure 3. Time evolution of the particle size spectrum. Tiny aerosol particles...
• Figure 4. Time evolution of the particle size spectrum. No protoaerosol...
• Figure 5. Time evolution of the particle size spectrum. No protoaerosol...
• Figure 6. Time evolution of the particle size spectrum. No protoaerosol...
• Figure 7. Time evolution of the particle size spectrum. An example...
• Figure 8. Time evolution of the particle size spectrum. Daytime nucleation....

 
Citation: Lushnikov A. A., V. A. Zagaynov, Yu. S. Lyubovtseva (2017), Formation of aerosols in the lower troposphere, Russ. J. Earth Sci., 17, ES4001, doi:10.2205/2017ES000604.
 

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