AerSett v1.0: a simple and straightforward model for the settling speed of big spherical atmospheric aerosols
Résumé
This study introduces AerSett v1.0 (AERosol SETTling version 1.0), a model giving the settling speed of big spherical aerosols in the atmosphere without going through an iterative equation resolution. We prove that, for all spherical atmospheric aerosols with diameter D up to 1000 µm, this direct and explicit method including the drag coefficient formulation of Clift and Gauvin (1971) and the Davies (1945) slip correction factor gives results within 2 % of the exact solution obtained from the numerical resolution of a non-linear fixed-point equation. This error is acceptable considering the uncertainties on the drag coefficient formulations themselves. For D < 100 µm, the error is below 0.5 %. We provide a Fortran implementation of this simple and straightforward model, hoping that more chemistrytransport models (CTMs) and general circulation models will be able to take into account large-particle drag correction to the settling speed of big spherical aerosol particles in the atmosphere, without performing an iterative and timeconsuming calculation.
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Cite 10.5281/zenodo.7535171 Ouvrage Sylvain Mailler. (2023). FreeFall: v1 (Version v1). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.7535171
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Cite 10.5281/zenodo.7535114 Ouvrage Mailler, S., Menut, L., Cholakian, A., & Pennel, R. (2025). AerSett (Version v3.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.7535114
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Cite 10.5281/zenodo.7535171 Ouvrage Sylvain Mailler. (2023). FreeFall: v1 (Version v1). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.7535171
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Cite 10.5281/zenodo.7535114 Ouvrage Mailler, S., Menut, L., Cholakian, A., & Pennel, R. (2025). AerSett (Version v3.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.7535114
