Sea spray fluxes from the southwest coast of the United Kingdom – dependence on wind speed and wave height

Yang, Mingxi; Norris, Sarah J.; Bell, Thomas G.; Brooks, Ian M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-15271-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 24

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-15271-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-15271-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 24

Research article

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16 Dec 2019

Research article |

| 16 Dec 2019

Sea spray fluxes from the southwest coast of the United Kingdom – dependence on wind speed and wave height

Mingxi Yang, Sarah J. Norris, Thomas G. Bell, and Ian M. Brooks

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RC1: 'review of C Fairall', Christopher Fairall, 08 Oct 2019
- AC1: 'reply to review#1', Mingxi Yang, 11 Nov 2019
RC2: 'Interactive comment on "Sea Spray Fluxes from the Southwest Coast of the United Kingdom – Dependence on Wind Speed and Wave Height" by Mingxi Yang et al.', Sebastian Landwehr, 22 Oct 2019
- AC2: 'reply to review#2', Mingxi Yang, 11 Nov 2019

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AR by Mingxi Yang on behalf of the Authors (12 Nov 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (25 Nov 2019) by Lynn M. Russell

Short summary

This work reports direct measurements of sea spray fluxes from a coastal site in the UK, which are relevant for atmospheric chemistry as well as coastal air quality. Sea spray fluxes from this location are roughly an order of magnitude greater than over the open ocean at similar wind conditions, comparable to previous coastal measurements. Unlike previous open ocean measurements that are largely wind speed dependent, we find that sea spray fluxes near the coast depend more strongly on waves.