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Supporting Data for "Equivalent-Volume Controls Reveal Fibre-Driven Enhancement of Regional Atmospheric Microplastic Deposition" (Data S1-S16)
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This dataset contains 16 files of processed information supporting a computer model study about how microplastic fibers move through and settle in the atmosphere. The files include model results, shape comparisons, and sensitivity tests used to evaluate how different particle types and atmospheric conditions affect where microplastics deposit on the ground.
This record contains the processed supporting datasets (Data S1–S16) underlying the model evaluation, equivalent-volume shape comparisons, observation-conversion analysis, HYSPLIT comparison, and numerical-sensitivity analyses reported in the associated atmLPDM atmospheric microplastics study. The deposit contains 16 CSV files. Data S1 contains the complete 36-window model, observation-envelope, conversion, dry/wet, and classification values. Data S2 contains window-level equivalent-volume shape ratios. Data S3 contains conversion-interval classifications. Data S4 contains the numerical-sensitivity run/source/particle list. Data S5–S6 contain the HYSPLIT mixture comparison and extraction sensitivity. Data S7 contains the expected source set for every window. Data S8–S16 contain the particle-number, seed, timestep, dry-fraction, source-contribution, and conclusion-stability values used in the sensitivity figures and summaries. The third-party ERA5 meteorological input data are not redistributed in this record and are available from the Copernicus Climate Data Store as specified in the associated manuscript and Supporting Information.
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