Ch20

Slinn (1983) semi-empirical collision (collection) efficiency E between a falling raindrop and an aerosol particle, the kernel of below-cloud particle scavenging (Eqs. 20.53-20.54, Seinfeld & Pandis, 2006). E is the sum of three collection mechanisms — Brownian diffusion (E_diff, important for sub-0.1 µm particles), interception (E_int), and inertial impaction (E_imp, important for super-µm particles, switched on only when the Stokes number exceeds the critical Stokes number S* of Eq. 20.54) — and is clamped to a maximum of 1. The competition between the diffusion and impaction mechanisms produces the Greenfield gap: a collection-efficiency minimum at accumulation-mode (~0.1-1 µm) particle sizes. Migrated from AtmosphericDeposition.jl@e4468c79 src/seinfeld_pandis_2006_ch20.jl:365 (`ParticleCollectionEfficiency` @component). The upstream component carries the single equation E ~ slinn_collection_efficiency(D_p, U_t, d_p, ρ_p, T); the helper function and its sub-helpers (particle_diffusivity, particle_relaxation_time, particle_terminal_velocity) are decomposed here into 18 named intermediate algebraic states (Re, D_diff, Sc, τ, St, S_star, E_diff, E_int, E_imp, ...) mirroring the helper's local variables, so each equation maps to one source line. Observed-only: all 18 equations are algebraic — the five raindrop/aerosol/thermodynamic inputs and six physical constants are parameters, and Re through E are the algebraic outputs.

Below-cloud scavenging coefficient Λ_particle for an aerosol particle collected by monodisperse raindrops (Seinfeld & Pandis 2006, Chapter 20, Eq. 20.57): Λ_particle = (3/2)·E·p₀/D_p, where E is the Slinn (1983) raindrop-aerosol collision (collection) efficiency of Eqs. 20.53-20.54, p₀ the precipitation rate and D_p the raindrop diameter. E sums three collection mechanisms — Brownian diffusion, interception, and inertial impaction (switched on only when the Stokes number exceeds the critical Stokes number S*) — and is clamped to a maximum of 1; their competition produces the Greenfield gap, a scavenging minimum at accumulation-mode (~0.1-1 µm) particle sizes. Migrated from AtmosphericDeposition.jl@e4468c79 src/seinfeld_pandis_2006_ch20.jl:414 (`ParticleScavengingCoeff` @component). The upstream slinn_collection_efficiency helper and its diffusivity / relaxation-time / settling-velocity sub-helpers are decomposed into 18 named intermediate algebraic states (Re, D_diff, Sc, τ, St, S_star, E_diff, E_int, E_imp, ...) — identical to the sibling component particle_collection_eff.esm — and a 19th equation applies Eq. 20.57. The five raindrop/aerosol/thermodynamic inputs, the precipitation rate, and six physical constants are parameters; Re through E and Λ_particle are the algebraic outputs.