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Data on the gravitational settling experiment and FLEXPART simulations output
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This is a dataset accompanying a research paper on long-range atmospheric transport of microplastic fibers, providing gravitational settling measurements and FLEXPART dispersion model simulation outputs. The data shows that fiber-shaped microplastics travel differently through the atmosphere than spherical particles, which matters for understanding how microplastics spread globally.
Data accompanying the research paper 'Shape matters: long-range transport of microplastic fibers in the atmosphere' by Tatsii et al., 2023 accepted by ACS Environmental Science and Technology journal. The uploaded text file refers to the experimental data on gravitationsl settling of microplastic fibers and spheres. Tar archives contain the FLEXPART (Lagrangian particle dispersion model) simulations output considering low and high scavenging efficiencies.
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