Publications by authors named "Joseph Schlosser"
The MONterey Aerosol Research Campaign (MONARC) in May-June 2019 featured 14 repeated identical flights off the California coast over the open ocean at the same time each flight day. The objective of this study is to use MONARC data along with machine learning analysis to evaluate relationships between both supermicrometer sea salt aerosol number (N) and volume (V) concentrations and wind speed, wind direction, sea surface temperature (SST), ambient temperature (T), turbulent kinetic energy (TKE), relative humidity (RH), marine boundary layer (MBL) depth, and drizzle rate. Selected findings from this study include the following: (i) Near surface (<60 m) N and V concentration ranges were 0.
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- The Western North Atlantic Ocean (WNAO) has been a key focus of atmospheric research due to its unique accessibility and variety of meteorological conditions, yielding diverse findings that are not yet fully understood.
- Over 50 research campaigns and numerous publications from 1946 to 2019 have established a solid knowledge base, particularly from the island of Bermuda, which offers valuable long-term data on oceanic and atmospheric variables.
- The review categorizes WNAO research into eight main areas, with recommendations for future studies aimed at improving understanding in these categories, notably aerosols and gas interactions.
This study examines major wildfires in the western United States between 2005 and 2015 to determine which species exhibit the highest percent change in mass concentration on day of peak fire influence relative to preceding nonfire days. Forty-one fires were examined using the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments (IMPROVE) data set. Organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) constituents exhibited the highest percent change increase.
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