Verification of the Naval Oceanic Vertical Aerosol Model During Fire
conference paper
The Naval Oceanic Vertical Aerosol Model (NOVAM) has been formulated to estimate the vertical structure of the optical and infrared extinction coefficients in the marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL), for waverengths between 0,2 and 40 um. NOVAM was designed to predict, utilizing a set of routinely available meteorological data, the non-uniforn and non-logarithmic extinction profiles which are often observed. NOVAM is based on a combination of empirical and physical models for the processes that determine the aerosol dynamical behaviour. The extinction properties are calculated from the aerosol profiles using Mie theory
TNO Identifier
94348
Publisher
NASA
Source title
Fire Science Results 1989 - Proceedings of a conference held in Monterey, CA, July 10-14, 1989
Editor(s)
McDougal, D.S.
Place of publication
Washington, DC
Pages
191-196