Studies of Marine Aerosols and Their Evolution in the Eastern North Atlantic

Abstract

Activity during the 1992 calendar year centered around the ASTEX project in the Azores and what has been, essentially, a small follow-up experiment conducted off of the Washington-Oregon coast, at least partially in conjunction with a series of test flights by the newly outfitted NRL blimp. The main experiment, conducted during ASTEX, had several objectives: (1) evaluate data for the occurrence of significant relationships between DMS, SO(2) SO equal 4 and CCN concentrations, (2) evaluate the strength of the relationship between boundary layer CCN concentration and cloud drop concentration in capping stratocumulus decks, (3) investigate the evolution of the particle size distribution in the boundary layer and (4) assess the effect of ship-induced aerosol flux on cloud dynamics and chemistry. The west coast experiment concentrated on only the fourth objective of the ASTEX study. A review of data reliability has been undertaken, and some preliminary data analysis as well.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA256589

Entities

People

  • Dean A. Hegg
  • Peter V. Hobbs

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Chemistry
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Dynamics
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Reliability

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  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Marine Mammal Biology
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.