Methods for size distribution estimation and rainfall type discrimination with estimated phase function using measured reflected laser light by rain droplet are proposed. Preliminary experiments are conducted with Laser ranging instrument and spectral radiometer for estimation of size distribution and rainfall type discrimination as well as phase function of scattering by rain drops. Through th...

We introduce a novel technique to produce monodisperse droplets through the snap-off mechanism. The methodology is simple, versatile, and requires no specialized or expensive components. The droplets produced have polydispersity < 1% and can be as small as 2.5 μm radius. A convenient feature is that the droplet size is constant over a 100-fold change in flow rate, while at higher flows the drop...

[1] This paper presents an advancement of the recently developed particle-resolved aerosol model PartMC-MOSAIC (Particle Monte Carlo-Model for Simulating Aerosol Interactions and Chemistry) to investigate the impacts of mixing state on cloud droplet formation and to provide a tool for the quantification of errors in cloud properties introduced by simplifying mixing state assumptions. We coupled...

Abstract Sprays are of great importance for many applications, with drop size being a crucial parameter. Especially in agriculture simple flat fan spray nozzles often supplemented by Venturi component to achieve larger sizes and hence, prevent unwanted drift the smallest droplets. The general believe is that these drops usually attributed fact liquid sheet produced nozzle breaks up more easily ...

This paper attempts to disentangle the role of various aerosol properties (aitken, accumulation and coarse mode number, size and hygroscopicity) in the anthropogenic change in droplet number concentrations. The sensitivity of droplet concentration to aerosol properties is central to estimates of the indirect aerosol effect (IAE), which is arguably the single most uncertain forcing of modern cli...

It was shown that, in terms of the density functional method, the self-overlapping of a surface layer in the central region of a small droplet results in a nonmonotonic dependence of the density and pressure in the droplet center on its size. The effect of this self-overlapping on the formation work of a droplet, the chemical potential of its molecule, and the surface tension in the systems wit...