pyrcel.thermo.critical_curve¶
-
pyrcel.thermo.
critical_curve
(T, r_a, r_b, kappa, approx=False)¶ Calculates curves of critical radii and supersaturations for aerosol.
Calls
kohler_crit()
for values ofr_dry
betweenr_a
andr_b
to calculate how the critical supersaturation changes with the dry radius for a particle of specifiedkappa
Parameters: - T : float
ambient air temperature, K
- r_a, r_b : floats
left/right bounds of parcel dry radii, m
- kappa : float
particle hygroscopicity parameter
Returns: - rs, rcrits, scrits : np.ndarrays
arrays containing particle dry radii (between
r_a
andr_b
) and their corresponding criticall wet radii and supersaturations
See also
kohler_crit
- critical supersaturation calculation