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In situ particle sampling relationships to surface and turbulent fluxes using large eddy simulations with Lagrangian particles
Hyungwon John Park
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National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, US Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA, USA
Jeffrey S. Reid
Marine Meteorology Division, US Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA, USA
Livia S. Freire
Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil
Christopher Jackson
Consultant, Global Science and Technology Inc., College Park, MD, USA
David H. Richter
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
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Next to tackling the fundamental problem in the representativeness of point measurements of particles and retrieving the surface flux in a turbulent atmosphere, this manuscript provides a general framework to plan sampling strategies for aerosol field campaigns and provides tools to quantify related uncertainties.
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We use numerical models to study field measurements of sea spray aerosol particles and conclude that both the atmospheric state and the methods of instrument sampling are causes for the variation in the production rate of aerosol particles: a critical metric to learn the aerosol's effect on processes like cloud physics and radiation. This work helps field observers improve their experimental design and interpretation of measurements because of turbulence in the atmosphere.
We use numerical models to study field measurements of sea spray aerosol particles and conclude...
