Sea-spray aerosol particles generated in the surf zone

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Van Eijk, A M J ^a,b   Kusmierczyk Michulec, J T ^a,c   Francius, M J ^d   Tedeschi, G ^d   Piazzola, J ^d   Merritt, D L ^e   Fontana, J D ^e  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DES FLUIDES   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^e JDF and A Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; EXPERIMENTS; PIERS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; FIELD RESEARCH; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; OFFSHORE FLOWS; SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHIES; SEA SPRAY; SURF ZONES; TRANSPORT EXPERIMENTS; U.S. ARMY; WAVE ENERGY DISSIPATION; WAVE PARAMETERS; WAVEFIELDS; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BATHYMETRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIAMETER; DISSIPATION; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURF ZONE; WAVE ENERGY; WIND VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; LA JOLLA; SAN DIEGO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054993919     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015602     Document Type: Article

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