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Airborne observations of Arctic aerosols. II: Giant particles
Author(s) -
Bailey Ian H.,
Radke Lawrence F.,
Lyons Jamie H.,
Hobbs Peter V.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl011i005p00397
Subject(s) - haze , atmospheric sciences , arctic , environmental science , aerosol , particle (ecology) , spring (device) , the arctic , meteorology , geology , oceanography , physics , thermodynamics
Airborne measurements made in the vicinity of Barrow, Alaska during early spring have revealed relatively large concentrations of giant (>2 µm diameter) particles in the air. Their concentration varied approximately with the inverse cube of the particle diameter. These particles were not well correlated with the layers of visible haze observed. They appeared to be approximately uniformly distributed from altitudes of 0.3 to 5 km regardless of the presence or absence of arctic haze.