A stochastic approach for the numerical simulation of the General Dynamics Equation for aerosols

Edouard Debry, Benjamin Jourdain and Bruno Sportisse



Accepted for publication at Journal of Computational Physics.


This article is the continued of the article Modeling aerosol dynamics : a stochastic algorithm.

The algorithm, initially based on [1] and [3], is extended to condensation/evaporation and improved in order to keep the number of numerical particles constant. It is then validated by comparison with an analytical solution of a coagulation-condensation-evaporation model and last applied to realistic cases for atmospheric aerosols.

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