Abstract
A diagnostic modelling study is presented of the chemistry of a cold‐frontal rainband observed on the mid‐Atlantic coast of the United States. Both the chemical and physical data sets were sufficient to allow realistic evaluation of the 2‐D model employed. Utilizing the model, assessment is made of the importance of in‐cloud chemical processes to the deposition on the ground of selected trace chemicals; in‐cloud sulphate production was found to be of great importance. The effects of the rainband on the vertical transport of trace chemicals, and the effects of precipitation‐formation mechanisms on chemical scavenging, are also discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 867-886 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society |
| Volume | 115 |
| Issue number | 488 |
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| State | Published - 1989 |