Research Article

Correlation of Dry Deposition Velocity and Friction Velocity over Different Surfaces for PM2.5 and Particle Number Concentrations

Table 4

Average (with standard deviation) and median (with 25th and 75th quartiles) values are reported for deposition velocities, fluxes, concentrations, and normalized deposition velocities for each site, separating PM2.5 from particle number data. In this table data is selected for unstable atmospheric stability cases (including quasi-neutral cases).

Unstable and neutral conditions ( )
PM2.5Vd (mm/s)Flux ( g/m2s)Conc. ( g/m3)

VeniceAverage3.15−0.05023.60.0118
Std. dev.4.040.07223.20.0152
Median1.60−0.02316.90.0059
25th quartile0.57−0.0598.50.0023
75th quartile3.93−0.00930.00.0144

Lecce 2005Average5.10−0.04010.60.0102
Std. dev.6.610.0545.80.0132
Median2.83−0.02610.30.0053
25th quartile1.31−0.0486.20.0027
75th quartile6.07−0.01314.70.0123

MaglieAverage3.77−0.03914.30.0075
Std. dev.3.450.03512.10.0075
Median2.32−0.02512.50.0054
25th quartile1.22−0.0617.40.0019
75th quartile5.67−0.01115.80.0098

PNCVd (mm/s)Flux (#/cm2s)Conc. (#/cm3)

AntarcticaAverage0.73−97.41762.70.0108
Std. dev.0.83118.41182.50.0122
Median0.41−57.315930.0078
25th quartile0.20−111.1815.70.0031
75th quartile0.83−27.31958.60.0128

BolognaAverage2.41−2883.711992.10.0111
Std. dev.2.863842.45889.40.0130
Median1.57−169011059.20.0070
25th quartile0.61−3787.07501.30.0028
75th quartile3.15−53014783.40.0143

Lecce 2010Average6.17−10502.512672.30.0127
Std. dev.5.8119241.511169.50.0114
Median4.60−3886.27382.40.0095
25th quartile1.88−9008.25385.10.0043
75th quartile8.27−1420.317209.70.0178