Advanced Air Pollution Control and Engineering

Aerosol Size Distribution

The purpose of this lecture is to introduce the mathematical description of the aerosol size distribution as well as measurement methods thereof.

⏻ Learning Objectives

At the end of this lecture, participants will be able to

  • interpret aerosol size distributions graphed in various domains

  • apply the lognormal aerosol size distribution function to represent aerosol size distributions

  • explain the basic principle of operation for mobility-based and optical-based measurements

  • categorize the atmospheric size distribution into modes

  • know particle sources and processes associated with each mode

  • numerically analyze lognormal size distributions

Slides and Lecture Notes

Slide Deck : link

Lecture Notebook Aerosol Size Distribution

Homework

⌨ Assignment
Due April 18: Lecture notebook including synthesis assignment.
CC BY-NC 4.0 Markus Petters.