The Ion and Charged Aerosol Growth Enhancement (ION-CAGE) code: A numerical model for the growth of charged and neutral aerosols
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- 2020EA001142
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The presence of small ions influences the growth dynamics of a size distribution of aerosols. Specifically the often neglected mass of small ions influences the aerosol growth rate, which may be important for terrestrial cloud formation. To this end, we develop a numerical model to calculate the growth of a species of aerosols in the presence of charge, which explicitly includes terms for ion-condensation. It is shown that a positive contribution to aerosol growth rate is obtained by increasing the ion-pair concentration through this effect, consistent with recent experimental findings. The ion-condensation effect is then compared to aerosol growth from charged aerosol coagulation, which is seen to be independent of ion-pair concentration. The model source code is made available through a public repository.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e2020EA001142 |
Journal | Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 9 |
Number of pages | 22 |
ISSN | 2169-8953 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Sep 2020 |
- physics.ao-ph, 86-04, J.2.5
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- https://arxiv.org/pdf/1909.12784.pdf
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