maritime aerosol

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Aerosol produced by processes taking place near the ocean surface.

Air entrained by breaking ocean waves (visible as whitecaps) forms bubbles that break at the water surface. The whitecaps produce a fine aerosol; the Rayleigh jet produces coarser particles that are carried aloft by the turbulent eddies of the winds. Aerosol also forms from chemical reaction of ocean-produced gases.
See continental aerosol.

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