We apply a cubic-plus-association equation of state (CPA-EOS) to study the asphaltene precipitation in live oils from temperature, pressure, and composition effects. The live oils are characterized by considering the pure components, the pseudo-hydrocarbon components, and the hydrocarbon residue. The hydrocarbon residue is further divided into the “heavy” component and asphaltenes. The asphalte...

This discussion paper is/has been under review for the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP). Please refer to the corresponding final paper in ACP if available. Abstract Seven-year measurements of precipitation, lightning flashes, and visibility from 2000 to 2006 have been analyzed in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region, China, with a focus on the Guangzhou megacity area. Statistical a...

dry and wet atmospheric depositions as well as urban surface soil samples were collected in eight different land use zones (during 2010) of the most important and largest industrial city, southwest iran for determining cadmium, chromium, lead and zinc. the average of cd, cr, pb and zn concentrations in the study area for wet precipitation were 17.8 μg/l, 49.97 μg/l, 2.31 μg/l, and 0.53 μg/l, re...

To provide guidance for the development of satellite microwave rainfall-retrieval algorithms, the basic relationships between emission and scattering signals in natural clouds must be understood. In this study, the relationship between two parameters observed from microwave satellite data—the polarization difference at 19 GHz D and the polarization-corrected temperature PCT—is investigated over...

The new generation of weather observatory satellites, namely Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) constellation satellites, is the lead observatory of the 10 highly advanced earth orbiting weather research satellites. Indeed, GPM is the first satellite that has been designed to measure light rain and snowfall, in addition to heavy tropical rainfall. This work compares the final run of the Int...

A target-initiated proximity ligation assay (PLA) protocol accompanying DNAzyme formation was for the first time designed for ultrasensitive impedimetric monitoring of heavy metal ions (silver ions were used in this case) by coupling with enzymatic biocatalytic precipitation.

dry and wet atmospheric depositions as well as urban surface soil samples were collected in eight different land use zones (during 2010) of the most important and largest industrial city, southwest iran for determining cadmium, chromium, lead and zinc. the average of cd, cr, pb and zn concentrations in the study area for wet precipitation were 17.8 μg/l, 49.97 μg/l, 2.31 μg/l, and 0.53 μg/l, re...

In the densely populated region of East Asia, it is important to know the mechanism, scale, and frequency of heavy precipitation brought about during the monsoons and typhoons. However, observational data, which cover only several decades, are insufficient to examine the long-term trend of extreme precipitation and its background mechanism. In humid areas, the transport flux of a suspended detr...

to analysis the mechanisms of blocking high effects on heavy precipitations in northwest of iran, we selected a short period of heavy precipitation (25-28 october 2008). in this case, weather maps such as mean of sea level pressure, 850-hpa and 500-hpa geopotential height levels were assessed and analyzed for the whole period. the position and movement of the atmospheric systems such as cyclone...