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Sorooshian A, Corral AF, Braun RA, Cairns B, Crosbie E, Ferrare R, Hair J, Kleb MM, Mardi AH, Maring H, McComiskey A, Moore R, Painemal D, Jo Scarino A, Schlosser J, Shingler T, Shook M, Wang H, Zeng X, Ziemba L, Zuidema P. Atmospheric Research Over the Western North Atlantic Ocean Region and North American East Coast: A Review of Past Work and Challenges Ahead. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH. ATMOSPHERES : JGR 2020; 125:10.1029/2019jd031626. [PMID: 32699733 PMCID: PMC7375207 DOI: 10.1029/2019jd031626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
Decades of atmospheric research have focused on the Western North Atlantic Ocean (WNAO) region because of its unique location that offers accessibility for airborne and ship measurements, gradients in important atmospheric parameters, and a range of meteorological regimes leading to diverse conditions that are poorly understood. This work reviews these scientific investigations for the WNAO region, including the East Coast of North America and the island of Bermuda. Over 50 field campaigns and long-term monitoring programs, in addition to 715 peer-reviewed publications between 1946 and 2019 have provided a firm foundation of knowledge for these areas. Of particular importance in this region has been extensive work at the island of Bermuda that is host to important time series records of oceanic and atmospheric variables. Our review categorizes WNAO atmospheric research into eight major categories, with some studies fitting into multiple categories (relative %): Aerosols (25%), Gases (24%), Development/Validation of Techniques, Models, and Retrievals (18%), Meteorology and Transport (9%), Air-Sea Interactions (8%), Clouds/Storms (8%), Atmospheric Deposition (7%), and Aerosol-Cloud Interactions (2%). Recommendations for future research are provided in the categories highlighted above.
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Affiliation(s)
- Armin Sorooshian
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
- Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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- NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY
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- NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
- Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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- NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
- Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA
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- NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
- Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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- Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
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- Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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- Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL
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