Articles | Volume 16, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1119-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1119-2023
Development and technical paper
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15 Feb 2023
Development and technical paper |  | 15 Feb 2023

AerSett v1.0: a simple and straightforward model for the settling speed of big spherical atmospheric aerosols

Sylvain Mailler, Laurent Menut, Arineh Cholakian, and Romain Pennel

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Short summary
Large or even giant particles of mineral dust exist in the atmosphere but, so far, solving an non-linear equation was needed to calculate the speed at which they fall in the atmosphere. The model we present, AerSett v1.0 (AERosol SETTling version 1.0), provides a new and simple way of calculating their free-fall velocity in the atmosphere, which will be useful to anyone trying to understand and represent adequately the transport of giant dust particles by the wind.
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