Improving constraints on the sources and distribution of sea salt aerosols in polar regions

• Main Author: Huang, Jiayue
• Other Authors: Jaeglé, Lyatt
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: blowing snow; frost flowers; polar tropospheric composition; sea ice; sea salt aerosol; Atmospheric sciences; Atmospheric chemistry; Antarctic; Arctic; Canada; Dumont d'Urville; Dumont-d'Urville; Neumayer; Svalbard; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Barrow; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1773/36490

Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2016-06 Sea salt aerosols (SSA) have a critical influence on radiation, cloud formation and chemistry of the polar atmosphere. In addition to the commonly accepted open ocean source of SSA, several studies have suggested that SSA can be produced by s...