SOUTHERN-HEMISPHERE TROPOSPHERIC AEROSOL MICROPHYSICS

Aerosol particle size distribution data have been obtained in the southern hemisphere from approximately 4-degrees-S to 44-degrees-S and between ground level and 6 km, in the vicinity of eastern Australia. The relative shape of the free-tropospheric size distribution for particles with radii larger than approximately 0.04-mu-m was found to be remarkably stable with time, altitude, and location for the autumn-winter periods considered. This was despite some large concentration changes which were found to be typical of the southeastern Australian coastal region. The majority of free-troposphere large particles were found to have sulfuric acid or lightly ammoniated sulfate morphology. Large particles in the boundary layer almost exclusively had a sea-salt morphology.