Reconciliation of coarse mode sea-salt aerosol particle size measurements and parameterizations at a subtropical ocean receptor site

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Reid, Jeffrey S ^a   Brooks, Barbara ^b   Crahan, Katie K ^c   Hegg, Dean A ^c   Eck, Thomas F ^d   O'Neill, Norm ^e   de Leeuw, Gerrit ^f   Reid, Elizabeth A ^a   Anderson, Kenneth D ^g  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^f TNO   (Netherlands)

^g Naval Command   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETERS;

AEROSOL; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA SALT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENCE;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; OAHU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL); UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644965640     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006200     Document Type: Article

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