Burrows is a climate modeler whose research explores chemical modeling of marine biogeochemical influence on submicron
sea spray particles.
The ability of the inorganic component of
sea spray particles to take up water has been the focus of this international study where a large suite of well - controlled laboratory experiments have shown, for the first time, that the hygroscopicity of the inorganic component of sea spray is significantly lower than pure sodium chloride, a substance routinely used to describe their hygroscopicity in climate models.
Not exact matches
Soot
particles, dust lifted up by the wind or
sea spray account for only some of the
particles in the atmosphere.
«We suspect that water bound within
sea salt, known as hydrates, play a significant role in defining the hygroscopicity of inorganic
sea spray aerosol, If true, it means that the
particles would take up less water because of the water already present as hydrates and, as a result, they would grow less.
Sea spray droplets are aerosol water
particles that are ejected into the atmosphere as waves break at the ocean surface.
The dust — and the tiny bacteria and molecules it carries with it across the Pacific Ocean — is then mixing with other airborne
particles like
sea spray and smoke to have distinct and variable impacts on clouds and precipitation, Prather said.
It gets swept westward by the jet stream where it mixes with a variety of other airborne
particles such as
sea spray and smoke.
Southern Ocean
sea spray, similar to this off the coast of Australia, can launch
particles from phytoplankton that seed planet - cooling clouds.
The Southern Ocean is the cloudiest place on Earth, a condition caused in part by phytoplankton
particles kicked up by
sea spray.
The tiny aerosol
particles can originate from e.g. dust, pollen or
sea spray, emitted straight into the atmosphere or they can be formed from precursor gases.
Additionally, stimulated bacterial degradation might heavily affect the organic composition of nascent
sea -
spray particles, upon which relies the ability of marine aerosols to interact with the climate system.
The composition of
sea spray aerosol
particles are influenced by both chlorophyll - a concentrations and microbial degradation.
Sea spray aerosol (SSA)
particles were found to carry lipids in greater concentrations when they were carried in bubbles, which burst through the liquid.
The earth's protective atmosphere or «skin» extends beyond 3,200 km above
sea level to the large magnetic fields, called the Van Allen Belts, which can capture the charged
particles sprayed through the cosmos by the solar and galactic winds.
Other casualties of the 2006 cuts include an instrument for tracking airborne
particles such as
sea spray, smog, volcanic ash and smoke — all factors contributing to the warming or cooling of the planet.
These minute airborne
particles, and also gases that lead to their formation, can come from factory and vehicle emissions, volcanic eruptions and biomass burning,
sea spray and desert winds, and even natural forest and soil emissions.
The seawater contains phytoplankton, which is the foundation of the food chain in the ocean and the catalyst that begins the process of how
sea spray aerosol
particles can change global climate.
The suggestion of
spraying sea salt
particles into the air is an example of adding primary aerosol
particles to the atmosphere.