Sea Salt Aerosol Production: Mechanisms, Methods, Measurements and Models

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830777103321
• Autore: Lewis Ernie R
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Place of publication not identified], : American Geophysical Union, 2004
• ISBN: 1-118-66605-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 413 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Geophysical monograph, 152 ; ; 9
• Disciplina: 551.509162
• Soggetti: Marine meteorology; Ocean-atmosphere interaction
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Fundamentals -- Methods of determining size-dependent sea salt aerosol production fluxes -- Measurements and models of quantities required to evaluate sea salt aerosol production fluxes -- Sea salt aerosol production fluxes : estimates and critical analysis -- Applications and implications.
• Sommario/riassunto: Sea Salt Aerosol Production provides a comprehensive review of what is known, assumed, and yet to be learned about SSA and its relation to the atmosphere and climate. Over 1,800 references, extensive graphical presentation of data and numerous practial formulae. Essential for the study of air-sea interactions, atmposhperic aerosols, radiation transfer in the atmosphere, climatology, oceanography, geochemistry, meteorology, cloud physics, and remote sensing of the ocean and the atmosphere.