Aerosol Microphysics and Radiation Integration
Abstract
This project is one of several working toward the goal of providing the Department of Defense and civilian research community with a real time global prognostic aerosol and visibility model. Overall, the nature of aerosol particle light extinction and absorption in the marine environment is highly variable throughout the world. Typically there is only fair visibility in many sensitive parts of the globe, including the Persian Gulf/Arabian Sea, East Asia, and some parts of the Mediterranean Sea. Along coastal regions, dust, pollution and smoke can be present and dominate Electro-Optical (EO) effects over simple sea salt. To model such complicated environments, process models such as the NRL Aerosol Analysis and Prediction System (NAAPS) require precise source and sink function as well as parameterizations for particle size, chemistry, and optical properties. As these parameters are key for the proper validation of the model, this work unit also takes the leading role for aerosol model validation (such as for NAAPS).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA630607
Entities
People
- Jeffrey S. Reid
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory