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The Fair Weather Boundary Layer in GATE: The Relationship of Subcloud Fluxes and Structure to the Distribution and Enhancement of Cumulus Clouds
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The structure of the convective atmospheric boundary layer and the characteristics of the associated turbulent mixing processes in undisturbed conditions over the tropical ocean are investigated using data collected during ...
Dendritic Patterns in Tropical Cumulus: An Observational Analysis
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: An observational analysis of the structure and synoptic setting of tropical dendritic cumulus formations was undertaken using 30 months of global data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aboard the ...
An Analysis of the Environments of Intense Convective Systems in West Africa in 2003
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The local- and regional-scale environments associated with intense convective systems in West Africa during 2003 were diagnosed from soundings, operational analysis, and space-based datasets. Convective system cases were ...
Impact of Coupling an Ocean Model to WRF Nor’easter Simulations
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: he impact of ocean?atmosphere coupling and its possible seasonal dependence upon Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model simulations of seven, wintertime cyclone events was investigated. Model simulations were identical ...
An Automated Detection Methodology for Dry Well-Mixed Layers
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractThe intense surface heating over arid land surfaces produces dry well-mixed layers (WML) via dry convection. These layers are characterized by nearly constant potential temperature and low, nearly constant water ...
Observations of Marine Stratocumulus Clouds During FIRE
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: During June and July 1987, a major collaborative experiment (part of The First ISCCP [International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project] Regional Experiment (FIRE) took place off the coast of California to study the extensive ...
The Structure of a Fair Weather Boundary Layer Based on the Results of Several Measurement Strategies
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A fair weather boundary layer (BL) with light winds and scattered cumulus to 1100 m is examined in the GATE C-scale triangle using data from tethered balloons, surface measurements from the booms of the ships, structure ...