The naval oceanic vertical aerosol model
Abstract
The Naval Oceanic Vertical Aerosol Model (NOVAM) was formulated to estimate the vertical structure of the optical and infrared extinction coefficients in the marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL). NOVAM was designed to predict the non-uniform and non-logarithmic extinction profiles which are often observed. It is based on a combination of empirical and physical models which describe the aerosol dynamical behavior. The extinction properties are calculated from the aerosol profiles using the Mie theory. For the initial evaluation of NOVAM, data from the July 1987 FIRE experiment (conducted off the coast of southern California) was used. Aerosol particle size distributions, aerosol scattering, and required meteorological parameters throughout the MABL were obtained from both airborne and surface-based platforms (aircraft, ship and balloon instrumentation packages). The aerosol-derived extinction properties throughout the MABL are compared with the NOVAM estimates.
- Publication:
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In AGARD
- Pub Date:
- March 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990apuv.agarQ....G
- Keywords:
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- Aerosols;
- Air Water Interactions;
- Atmospheric Models;
- California;
- Marine Meteorology;
- Meteorological Parameters;
- Mie Scattering;
- Aircraft Instruments;
- Coasts;
- Extinction;
- Fires;
- Flying Platforms;
- Infrared Radiation;
- Nonuniformity;
- Ships;
- Size Distribution;
- Vertical Distribution;
- Geophysics