Generation rate of marine aerosols as determined from a boundary layer model
By: by C.W. Fairall, K.L. Davidson, and G.E. Schacher
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.); Davidson, K.L. (Kenneth LaVern); Schacher, G.E. (Gordon Everett)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Monterey, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 29
Subjects: Boundary layer (Meteorology); Meteorology; Ocean-atmosphere interaction
Description: The rate of generation of aerosols by bubbles bursting at the sea surface is not well known. Unfortunately, the rate is a very difficult parameter to measure. The rate can be inferred from a boundary layer model that includes determining evolutions of aerosol spectra from parameterizations of generation, transport, and removal processes. Using this technique, data from CEWCOM-78 have been analyzed to produce the aerosol surface flux volume spectrum from 0.8 to 15 micrometer radius at a wind speed of 9 m/sec. Using this flux spectrum and equilibrium aerosol spectra from JASIN, flux spectra are calculated for wind speeds from 6 to 18 m/sec. (Author)
Notes: "NPS-63-82-003"--Cover.

Cover title.

"May 1982"--Cover.

"Prepared for: Naval Air Systems Command, AIR-370, Washington, DC 20360."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 24).

"Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited"--Cover.

Technical report; 1982.

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