Marine Fog Observations in the Arctic.

Shipboard measurements of meteorology, droplet physics, radiochemistry, and atmospheric electricity are described for three marine fog events which occurred in the Greenland Sea during August and September 1972. These measurements include air temperature, sky and sea surface temperatures, humidity,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gathman,S. G., Larson,R. E.
Other Authors: NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON D C
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1974
Subjects:
Meteorology
*Fog
*Greenland Sea
Meteorological data
Atmospheric electricity
Wind velocity
Atmospheric temperature
Humidity
Drops
Sizes(Dimensions)
Radon
Concentration(Composition)
Surface temperature
Meteorological instruments
Arctic regions
Arctic
Greenland
Greenland Sea
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0778999
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0778999
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Summary:Shipboard measurements of meteorology, droplet physics, radiochemistry, and atmospheric electricity are described for three marine fog events which occurred in the Greenland Sea during August and September 1972. These measurements include air temperature, sky and sea surface temperatures, humidity, windspeed, atmospheric potential gradient, atmospheric radon concentrations, droplet concentrations, and droplet size spectrums. A variable-path-length Lyman-alpha absorption humidiometer is described which is used for fine structure analysis of water vapor in fogs. In all three events persistent fogs were observed to exist in a subsaturated atmosphere with a relative humidity of less than 95% during sizeable portions of the events. (Modified author abstract)

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