A new single-filter method for analyzing coastal aerosol production and links to meteorology
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In: Estuaries and Coasts, Vol. 34, No. 2, 03.2011, p. 326-335.
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T1 - A new single-filter method for analyzing coastal aerosol production and links to meteorology
AU - Winder, Isabelle Catherine
PY - 2011/3
Y1 - 2011/3
N2 - Aerosols are known to influence the climate system in a range of ways; they affect radiation budgets, cloud formation and circulation patterns, and contribute to local biogeochemical cycling and ecology. Despite this recognized role for marine aerosol, however, recent research has emphasized the impact of global climate change on coastal environments rather than the other way around. This occurs in part because most methods for sampling marine aerosol are expensive and studies tend to occur only on specialized marine stations and ocean-crossing research vessels. This project tests a new method for aerosol sampling, specifically designed for use in local studies of coastal environments and costing little to set up. It also reports the results of a pilot study in Alderney (Channel Islands) where changes in both aerosol abundance and aerosol composition, including fractionation effects, were observed using the new method and linked to local meteorological conditions.
AB - Aerosols are known to influence the climate system in a range of ways; they affect radiation budgets, cloud formation and circulation patterns, and contribute to local biogeochemical cycling and ecology. Despite this recognized role for marine aerosol, however, recent research has emphasized the impact of global climate change on coastal environments rather than the other way around. This occurs in part because most methods for sampling marine aerosol are expensive and studies tend to occur only on specialized marine stations and ocean-crossing research vessels. This project tests a new method for aerosol sampling, specifically designed for use in local studies of coastal environments and costing little to set up. It also reports the results of a pilot study in Alderney (Channel Islands) where changes in both aerosol abundance and aerosol composition, including fractionation effects, were observed using the new method and linked to local meteorological conditions.
KW - Coastal aerosol
KW - Fractionation
KW - Local meteorology
KW - Aerosol production
U2 - 10.1007/s12237-010-9322-1
DO - 10.1007/s12237-010-9322-1
M3 - Article
VL - 34
SP - 326
EP - 335
JO - Estuaries and Coasts
JF - Estuaries and Coasts
SN - 1559-2723
IS - 2
ER -