The Electric Charge on Individual Ice Crystals (Snow Crystals in the Early Stage)

Two theoretical models are presented which allow computing the efficiency with which aerosol particles are collected by simple ice crystal plates. The effect of a possible internal electric charge distribution in ice crystals on aerosol scavenging is investigated. It is shown that the capture efficiency of an ice crystal is considerably affected by such an internal charge distribution in the aerosol size range 0.05 ≤ r ≤ 1.0 μm. The present theoretical results are found to agree satisfactorily with field observations presently available.

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The Electric Charge on Individual Ice Crystals (Snow Crystals in the Early Stage)

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Numerical simulation of the scavenging rates of ice crystals of various microphysical characteristics

Numerical simulation of the scavenging rates of ice crystals of various microphysical characteristics

A theoretical study of the effect of electric charges on the efficiency with which aerosol particles are collected by ice crystal plates

A numerical simulation of the aerosol scavenging rate by simple ice crystals

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