Source Strength and Scattering Properties of Organic Marine Aerosols

Abstract

My long term goal is to quantify the role played by sea salt in radiative scattering in the marine environment. This project studies the number of aerosol particles produced from sea salt under different marine conditions. Studying the chemical composition of those particles provides important information about their behavior in the atmosphere. I would like to see if whether the number of sea salt particles observed in field projects can be predicted by current parameterizations of particle flux based on wind speed. I will test whether other parameters are also important determinants of sea salt particle concentrations. I also want to establish what the compositions of sea salt particles are. I want to know what role the presence of organic species may play in the hygroscopicity of particles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA551573

Entities

People

  • Lynn M Russell

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Atmospheres
  • Chemical Composition
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Filter Analysis
  • Filters
  • Information Operations
  • Materials
  • Organic Materials
  • Particle Flux
  • Particles
  • Scattering
  • Standards
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Marine Ecotoxicology
  • Organic Chemistry