Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
4444165 | Atmospheric Environment | 2005 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
This note presents a straightforward method to correct sea-salt-emission particle-size distributions according to local relative humidity. The proposed method covers a wide range of relative humidity (0.45–0.99) and its derivation incorporates recent laboratory results on sea-salt properties. The formulas are given as functions of relative humidity and compared with growth factors derived from earlier theoretical work. Application of this method to several common open-ocean and surf-zone sea-salt-particle source functions is described. The resulting sea-salt-emission aerosol distributions can be used directly in atmospheric model simulations without further correction.
Keywords
Related Topics
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Atmospheric Science
Authors
K. Max Zhang, Eladio M. Knipping, Anthony S. Wexler, Prakash V. Bhave, Gail S. Tonnesen,