Vertical profiles of giant particles close above the sea surface
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- 1 February 1986
- journal article
- Published by Stockholm University Press in Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
- Vol. 38B (1) , 51-61
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.1986.tb00087.x
Abstract
Size distributions of giant sea-spray particles (10-100 μm diameter) were measured in the North Atlantic with an impaction method, at heights of 0.2, 0.5, I , 2. 4, 6 and 11 m above instantaneous sea level. The vertical distributions of the particle concentrations show as characteristic features a minimum at 0.5 m at low winds, and at higher winds a maximum at 1-2 m. The windspeed dependence of particle concentrations is a function of both particle diameter and height above sea level. The results are explained by a qualitative model based on literature data on the production of sea-spray particles and on turbulent wind structure over water waves. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.1986.tb00087.xKeywords
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