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In N2O5_Inorg_Org gamma function, cap A (alpha) factor at 3.2e-8
This commit addresses the issue in geoschem/geos-chem #907. In the computation of the gamma (rxn probability) for N2O5, the alpha factor (here called A) in routine N2O5_Inorg_Org can get too large. Viral Shah writes: The issue is that A scales as Volume/Surface area and becomes large for coarse-mode sea salt aerosols. The parameterization is based on the assumption that the N2O5 reaction is volume-limited, but Gaston & Thornton (2016) show that the reaction is largely diffusion-limited for particles larger than ~100 nm radius. I discussed this with Chris Holmes @cdholmes, and we propose to fix this by capping A to 3.2e-8, which is the value reported in Bertram & Thornton (2009). This sets the maximum gamma value to ~0.036, and would be consistent with the lab results. Signed-off-by: Bob Yantosca <yantosca@seas.harvard.edu>
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