An analysis of the surface production of sea-salt aerosols

C. W. Fairall; K. L. Davidson; G. E. Schacher

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v35i1.14584

An analysis of the surface production of sea-salt aerosols

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 35 (1983): Issue 1

By: C. W. Fairall, K. L. Davidson and G. E. Schacher

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|Jan 1983

Abstract

The rate of production of sea water droplets by bubble bursting at the ocean surface is very difficult to measure directly. Laboratory simulations are also difficult. However, the surface flux can be inferred from measuremerits of the rate of change of aerosol densities and changes in the height of the marine boundary layer. Data from CEWCOM-78 have been analyzed to produce the aerosol surface flux volume spectrum from 0.8 to 15 μm radius at a wind speed of 9 m s^-1. Using this flux spectrum and equilibrium aerosol spectra from JASIN. flux spectra are calculated for wind speeds from 6 to 18 m s^-1.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v35i1.14584 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 31 - 39

Submitted on: Dec 22, 1981

Accepted on: Jun 22, 1982

Published on: Jan 1, 1983

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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© 1983 C. W. Fairall, K. L. Davidson, G. E. Schacher, published by Stockholm University Press
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Volume 35 (1983): Issue 1