Sea Salt Aerosol Production: Mechanisms, Methods, Measurements and Models - A Critical Review

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series. Sea salt aerosol (SSA) exerts a major influence over a broad reach of geophysics. It is important to the physics and chemistry of the marine atmosphere and to marine geochemistry and biogeochemistry generally. It affects visibility, remote sensing, atmospheric chemistry, and air quality. Sea salt aerosol particles interact with other atmospheric gaseous and aerosol constituents by acting as sinks for condensable gases and suppressing new particle formation, thus influencing the size distribution of these other aerosols and more broadly influencing the geochemical cycles of substances with which they interact. As the key aerosol constituent over much of Earth's surface at present, and all the more so in pre ]industrial times, SSA is central to description of Earth's aerosol burden.Content: Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–7): Ernie R. Lewis and Stephen E. SchwartzChapter 2 Fundamentals (pages 9–99): Ernie R. Lewis and Stephen E. SchwartzChapter 3 Methods of Determining Size?Dependent Sea Salt Aerosol Production Fluxes (pages 101–118): Ernie R. Lewis and Stephen E. SchwartzChapter 4 Measurements and Models of Quantities Required to Evaluate Sea Salt Aerosol Production Fluxes (pages 119–297): Ernie R. Lewis and Stephen E. SchwartzChapter 5 Sea Salt Aerosol Production Fluxes: Estimates and Critical Analysis (pages 299–344): Ernie R. Lewis and Stephen E. SchwartzChapter 6 Applications and Implications (pages 345–351): Ernie R. Lewis and Stephen E. Schwartz