Sea spray aerosol flux estimation based on long-term variation of wave statistics

This note provides estimates of the mean sea spray aerosol flux based on long-term wave statistics using the whitecap method based on the limiting steepness and threshold vertical acceleration criteria. The aim is to present a procedure demonstrating how global wave statistics can be used to give es...

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Published in:Oceanologia
Main Authors: Dag Myrhaug, Hong Wang, Lars Erik Holmedal
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015
Subjects:
Sea spray aerosol flux
Whitecap coverage
Significant wave height
Spectral peak period
Mean zero-crossing wave period
Bivariate distributions
Oceanography
GC1-1581
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceano.2015.04.001
https://doaj.org/article/6cdfac77ed5544a18d12c9870974d3f5
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Summary:This note provides estimates of the mean sea spray aerosol flux based on long-term wave statistics using the whitecap method based on the limiting steepness and threshold vertical acceleration criteria. The aim is to present a procedure demonstrating how global wave statistics can be used to give estimates of the long-term aerosol flux. These estimates are obtained by using bivariate distributions of significant wave height and characteristic wave period, representing open ocean deep water waves in the Northern North Sea and the North Atlantic.

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