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Application of three-body recombination and attachment coefficients to tropospheric ions

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A modification ofNatanson's three-body recombination theory is used to determine empirical values of the ion-ion trapping distance. The modified theory is shown to predict accurately the altitude variation of electrical conductivity in the troposphere. The empirical trapping distance for ion-ion recombination is then used to determine the ion-aerosol trapping distance and a three-body theory for calculating the ion-aerosol attachment coefficients is developed. The theory should be valid for the small aerosols (Aitken nuclei) found naturally in the troposphere.

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Hoppel, W.A. Application of three-body recombination and attachment coefficients to tropospheric ions. PAGEOPH 75, 158–166 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00875053

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