Sentences with phrase «studying sea spray»
A University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science research team is studying sea spray to help improve forecasting of hurricanes and tropical cyclones.
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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.
This finding has implications for the role of sea spray aerosols in climate, especially on how they interact with solar radiation,» says Paul Zieger, assistant professor at ACES and co-author of the study.
The study researches the effects of microbial control on sea spray aerosol, along with the blooms included within, in an isolated facility that simulates the atmosphere of the ocean with 3,400 gallons of seawater.
According to Prather, the studies have given researchers a newfound understanding of the significance of the complicated relationships between the microbes that can be found in seawater and their impact in the composition and the ability to form clouds of sea spray aerosol.