Approximate analytical solutions to the condensation-coagulation equation of aerosols
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
2020-07-02 v2
Abstract
We present analytical solutions to the steady state injection-condensation-coagulation equation of aerosols in the atmosphere. These solutions are appropriate under different limits but more general than previously derived analytical solutions. For example, we provide an analytic solution to the coagulation limit plus a condensation correction. Our solutions are then compared with numerical results. We show that the solutions can be used to estimate the sensitivity of the cloud condensation nuclei number density to the nucleation rate of small condensation nuclei and to changes in the formation rate of sulfuric acid.
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@article{arxiv.1502.06399,
title = {Approximate analytical solutions to the condensation-coagulation equation of aerosols},
author = {Naftali R. Smith and Nir J. Shaviv and Henrik Svensmark},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.06399},
year = {2020}
}
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16 pages, 6 figures