Generation rate of marine aerosols as determined from a boundary layer model
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Authors
Fairall, Christopher W.
Davidson, Kenneth LaVern
Schacher, Gordon Everett
Subjects
Aerosols
Aerosol Modeling
Marine Aerosol Generation
Aerosol Modeling
Marine Aerosol Generation
Advisors
Date of Issue
1982-05
Date
1982-05
Publisher
Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
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)
Type
Technical Report
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Organization
Graduate School of Operational and Information Sciences (GSOIS)
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS-63-82-003
Sponsors
Prepared for: Naval Air Systems Command, AIR-370, Washington, DC 20360.
Funder
N0001982WR21036
Format
29 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.