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Our previously described absorption model for the scavenging of trace gases by individual cloud and rain drops was applied to an ensemble of drops of given size distribution as found in typical atmospheric rainfalls. This study allowed: (1) determination of the redistribution which a pollution plume suffers as rain falls through it, and (2) determination of the amount of pollutant contained in. the fallen rain. For the present application it was assumed that the pollution plume consisted of SO2, only, and that its concentration varied vertically as a Gaussian distribution centered 200 m above the ground. Rain of various intensities and corresponding drop size distributions was allowed to pass through this pollution layer.

An extention of our previous theory for trace gas absorption into freely-falling cloud and raindrops is presented. This theory describes the convective diffusion of a trace gas through air and into a water drop with internal circulation, the drop falling at its terminal velocity. Using flow fields for the circulating water inside and for the moving air outside the drop, obtained by numerical solutions to the Navier—Stokes equation of motion, we numerically solved the convective diffusion equation to determine the uptake of SO2 by water drops of various sizes, time exposure to the gas phase, and concentration of SO2 in the gas phase. It was found that for drops of radius larger than 1 mm and relatively low gas concentrations (?10 ppb (v)), resistance to gas diffusion lies mainly in the gas phase; while for drops of radius less than 500 µm and gas concentrations larger than those found in the atmosphere (?1% (v)), the resistance to diffusion lies primarily in the liquid phase. With drop sizes and gas concentrations between these limits, the rate of SO2 uptake is controlled by a coupled resistance to diffusion inside and outside the drop. In addition to our general model, a simplified version was formulated which allows considerable savings in computer time for evaluation and improved ease of handling without significant loss of accuracy. A comparison between our simplified model and that of Barrie (1978) shows that the boundary-layer approach of Barrie may be a useful alternate approach to estimating trace gas absorption by water drops, provided appropriate values are chosen for the thickness of the boundary layers involved.

The growth rate of ice in supercooled water and in dilute aqueous solutions of various salts which dissociate in water into univalent ions was studied. The solutions contained in polyethylene tubes of small bore had concentrations between 10-6and 10-1moles liter-1and were investigated at bath supercoolings between 1° and 15°C. The growth rate of ice which in pure water was found to vary approximately with the square of the bath supercooling was affected in a systematic manner by the type and concentration of the salt in solution. At salt concentrations smaller than 5 × 10-2moles liter-1most salts did not affect the growth rate. However, the fluorides were found to increase the growth rate over and above the one in pure water. At concentrations larger than 5 × 10-2moles liter-1all the salts reduced the growth rate of ice below the one in pure water. By comparing solutions of salts with common anion it was found that at a particular bath supercooling and salt concentration the growth rate of ice was reduced most in lithium solutions and least in cesium and ammonium solutions. By comparing solutions of salts with common cation it was found that the growth rate of ice was reduced most in fluoride solutions and least in bromide solutions. It was concluded that in solutions with salt concentrations larger than 5 × 10-2moles liter-1the rate of dissipation of latent heat which controls the growth rate of ice is affected in a systematic manner by the freezing point lowering effects which result from pure mass transfer conditions prevailing at the ice-solution interface of a stagnant system. Some features of the observed growth rates are discussed in terms of the effect of dissolved salts on the growth forms of ice in aqueous solutions.