pyrcel.thermo.Seq¶
- pyrcel.thermo.Seq(r, r_dry, T, kappa)¶
κ-Kohler theory equilibrium saturation over aerosol.
Calculates the equilibrium supersaturation (relative to 100% RH) over an aerosol particle of given dry/wet radius and of specified hygroscopicity bathed in gas at a particular temperature
Following the technique of [PK2007], classical Kohler theory can be modified to account for the hygroscopicity of an aerosol particle using a single parameter, \(\kappa\). The modified theory predicts that the supersaturation with respect to a given aerosol particle is,
\[\begin{split}S_\text{eq} &= a_w \exp \left( \frac{2\sigma_{w} M_w}{RT\rho_w r} \right)\\ a_w &= \left(1 + \kappa\left(\frac{r_d}{r}^3\right) \right)^{-1}\end{split}\]with the relevant thermodynamic properties of water defined elsewhere in this module, \(r_d\) is the particle dry radius (
r_dry
), \(r\) is the radius of the droplet containing the particle (r
), \(T\) is the temperature of the environment (T
), and \(\kappa\) is the hygroscopicity parameter of the particle (kappa
).- Parameters:
- rfloat
droplet radius, m
- r_dryfloat
dry particle radius, m
- Tfloat
ambient air temperature, K
- kappa: float
particle hygroscopicity parameter
- Returns:
- float
\(S_\text{eq}\) for the given aerosol/droplet system
See also
Seq_approx
compute equilibrium supersaturation using an approximation
kohler_crit
compute critical radius and equilibrium supersaturation
References
[PK2007]Petters, M. D., and S. M. Kreidenweis. “A Single Parameter Representation of Hygroscopic Growth and Cloud Condensation Nucleus Activity.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 7.8 (2007): 1961-1971