The vertical distribution of the concentration of sea salt in the marine atmosphere near Hawaii

Duncan C. Blanchard; Alfred H. Woodcock; Ramon J. Cipriano

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v36i2.14881

The vertical distribution of the concentration of sea salt in the marine atmosphere near Hawaii

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 36 (1984): Issue 2

By: Duncan C. Blanchard, Alfred H. Woodcock and Ramon J. Cipriano

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|Jan 1984

Abstract

The vertical distribution of the sea-salt concentration has been obtained in the lowest 800 m of the atmosphere over the sea windward of Oahu, Hawaii, for eight days in October and November of 1981. Although the sea-salt profiles varied from day to day, reflecting changes in wind speed, temperature structure and other parameters, a marked salt concentration gradient was nearly always observed between about 19 and 30 m. The average sea-salt concentration at 19 m, about 22 μg m^-3, ecreased to about half that value, 11 μg m^-3 at 30 m. From there, the salt concentration decreased slowly to an average of about 5 μg m^-3 at 600 m above the sea.

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Language: English

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Submitted on: Jun 21, 1983

Accepted on: Nov 1, 1983

Published on: Jan 1, 1984

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© 1984 Duncan C. Blanchard, Alfred H. Woodcock, Ramon J. Cipriano, published by Stockholm University Press
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