Talk:Deposition (aerosol physics)

Occult Deposition

I suggest this article would benefit from a section on occult deposition[1] Jebus989^★ 13:37, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Merge for now?

I am not sure if this topic warrants a separate article at present. On the other hand, I am unsure if it should be merged with Aerosol (in a section on removal processes) or Atmospheric particulate matter. Any thoughts?--NHSavage (talk) 18:33, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Of course, we could merge some of the content to one and some to the other but then where do we redirect?--NHSavage (talk) 18:46, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Not strictly true?

Nucleation scavenging. This is not a physical scavenging process strictly speaking. It stands for the conceptual representation of aerosol activation to cloud droplets within aerosol computer models. Aerosols and cloud droplets are mostly treated separately within computer models so that aerosol activation to cloud droplets represents a loss process that can be assimilated with aerosol scavenging. This doesn't make sense to me. Clearly if a cloud droplet forms around a cloud condensation nucleus and that droplet then falls out of the atmosphere, the aerosol is lost from the atmosphere. While some computer models may not explicitly represent this link, surely that does not mean it is not a physical scavenging process? Or am I missing something? Perhaps we are in the nuances of the term scavenging.--NHSavage (talk) 18:44, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Also see this link for an example of the concept being used outside the context of modelling. http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2003/2003JD003647.shtml. --NHSavage (talk) 17:39, 3 August 2012 (UTC)