The effect of the surface roughness of solid atmospheric aerosol particles on their heterogeneous nucleation capability has been examined using the concept of Aself-affineB rough surfaces. The surface roughness has a great influence on the contact angle between the particle surface and the nucleating liquid droplets. Roughness enhances wetting and the rate of heterogeneous nucleation from the v...

In a reverse microemulsion consisting of water, oil (octane), an anionic surfactant [aerosol OT (AOT)], and the reactants of the oscillating Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction, a variety of complex spatiotemporal patterns appear. These include traveling and standing waves, spirals that move either toward or away from their centers, spatiotemporal chaos, Turing patterns, segmented waves, and loc...

indicate a near-100% deposition efficiency of the aerosol entering the precipitator. The final objective is to have a precipitator, for which the particle deposition rate can be calculated as a function of particle size and operating conditions. Cite abstract as Author(s) (2014), Title, Aerosol Technology 2014, Karlsruhe, Abstract T260A03

More than three decades have passed since the launch of the first satellite instrument used for atmospheric aerosol detection. Since then, various powerful satellite remote sensing technologies have been developed for monitoring atmospheric aerosols. The application of these new technologies to different satellite data have led to the generation of multiple aerosol products, such as aerosol spa...

Analysis of single forcing runs from CMIP5 (the fifth Coupled Model Intercomparison Project) simulations shows that the mid-twentieth century temperature hiatus, and the coincident decrease in precipitation, is likely to have been influenced strongly by anthropogenic aerosol forcing. Models that include a representation of the indirect effect of aerosol better reproduce inter-decadal variabilit...

Aerosols affect the climate system by changing cloud characteristics. Using the global climate model ECHAM5-HAM, we investigate different aerosol effects on mixed-phase clouds: The glaciation effect, which refers to a more frequent glaciation due to anthropogenic aerosols, versus the de-activation effect, which suggests that ice nuclei become less effective because of an anthropogenic sulfate c...

A laser aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometry (ATOFMS) that can be used for real-time measurement of the size and composition of individual aerosol particles has been designed and manufactured in our laboratory. Particles are introduced into the instrument through a particle beam interface, sized by measuring the delay time between two scattering lasers, and compositionally analyzed using a ...

Drug dosing in critically ill patients is challenging due to the altered drug pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamics associated with systemic therapies. For many drug therapies, there is potential to use the respiratory system as an alternative route for drug delivery. Aerosol drug delivery can provide many advantages over conventional therapy. Given that respiratory diseases are the commonest cause...

The influence of molecular scattering models on aerosol optical properties measured by high spectral resolution lidar (HSRL) is experimentally investigated and theoretically evaluated. The measurements analyzed in this study were made during three field campaigns by the German Aerospace Center airborne HSRL. The influence of the respective theoretical model on spaceborne HSRL retrievals is also...