• Title of article

    An hypothesis describing the general temporal and spatial distribution of alfresco bacteria in the earth’s atmospheric surface layer

  • Author/Authors

    Bruce Lighthart، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1998
  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    611
  • To page
    615
  • Abstract
    An hypothesis is presented that describes, in general terms, the temporal and spatial airborne bacterial distribution patterns in the mixed layer of the planetary atmosphere. It is hypothesized that the near coincidence of the solar radiation cycle and temporal atmospheric bacterial distribution patterns indicate that the bacterial distribution in the alfresco atmosphere is a function of the diurnal and annual solar cycles. A maximum concentration of bacteria is found in reference to the solar zenith as a standing wave in the rotating coordinate system of the moving earth. Conditions of weather, topography, source strength, and human activities (i.e. microbial air pollution-MAP) will modulate the cyclic patterns of atmospheric bacterial loadings.
  • Keywords
    airborne , Temporal , distribution , Atmosphere , Bacteria
  • Journal title
    Atmospheric Environment
  • Serial Year
    1998
  • Journal title
    Atmospheric Environment
  • Record number

    755413