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In this paper we discuss local impact of breaking waves on production of sea salt aerosols and hence on the change of aerosol size distribution and particle optical properties. Our studies were made between 17 and 27 July 2012 at the Coastal Research Station (CRS) in Lubiatowo on the Polish Baltic coast. During the studies aerosol optical depth was measured using Microtops II sun photometers and AERONET and MODIS data were used to support the further analyses. We show that with the local wave breaking phenomenon the aerosol optical depth may increase by a magnitude of even one order and that the ensemble of aerosol particles may shift from the dominating fine mode to coarse mode (sea salt). Such shift may have a strong local impact on the radiative forcing and hence on a local climate.
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The support for this study was partly provided by the project Satellite Monitoring of the Baltic Sea Environment—SatBałtyk founded by European Union through European Regional Development Fund contract No. POIG 01.01.02-22-011/09. It has also been made within the framework of the NASA/AERONET Program.
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Strzalkowska, A., Zielinski, T., Makuch, P., Pakszys, P., Petelski, T. (2015). Impact of Breaking Waves on Sea Salt Production and Local Change of Aerosol Optical Properties. In: Zielinski, T., Weslawski, M., Kuliński, K. (eds) Impact of Climate Changes on Marine Environments. GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14283-8_2
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