PartMC  2.5.0
Input File Format: Size Distribution

Read a size distribution from a data file.

Parameters
[in,out]fileSpec file to read size distribution from.
[in,out]sample_radiusSample radius values (m).
[in,out]sample_num_concSample number concentrations (m^{-3}).

A size distribution file must consist of two lines:

The resulting size distribution is taken to be piecewise constant in log-diameter coordinates.

Example: a size distribution could be:

 diam 1e-7 1e-6 1e-5  # bin edge diameters (m)
 num_conc 1e9 1e8     # bin number concentrations (m^{-3})
 

This distribution has 1e9 particles per cubic meter with diameters between 0.1 micron and 1 micron, and 1e8 particles per cubic meter with diameters between 1 micron and 10 micron.

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