Measurement of the Sea Spray Droplet Size Distributions at High Winds
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This project will develop cloud droplet probes and phase-Doppler anemometry for measuring sizesegregated droplet concentrations at high wind speeds in the ABL. The data will be used for investigating droplet dynamics in the marine atmospheric boundary layer, characterizing the droplet surface flux source function, and determining the effect spray drops have on air-water surface exchange processes. A physically based parameterization of droplet production in terms of wind/wave variables will be developed.
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