| contributor author | Sikora, Todd D. | |
| contributor author | Young, George S. | |
| contributor author | Shirer, Hampton N. | |
| contributor author | Chapman, Rick D. | |
| date accessioned | 2017-06-09T14:06:18Z | |
| date available | 2017-06-09T14:06:18Z | |
| date copyright | 1997/07/01 | |
| date issued | 1997 | |
| identifier issn | 0894-8763 | |
| identifier other | ams-12497.pdf | |
| identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4147842 | |
| description abstract | Kilometer-scale mottling seen on real and synthetic aperture radar imagery of the sea surface can be linked to the presence of microscale cellular convection (thermals) spanning the marine atmospheric boundary layer. In the current study, it is hypothesized that the typical scale of the mottling, found via standard Fourier spectral analysis, can be used to estimate the depth of the convective marine atmospheric boundary layer (zi) using a modified form of traditional mixed-layer similarity theory for these thermals? aspect ratio. The hypothesis linking the typical scale of mottling to zi is substantiated using previously published boundary layer results and supporting meteorological and oceanographic data from a number of case studies. | |
| publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
| title | Estimating Convective Atmospheric Boundary Layer Depth from Microwave Radar Imagery of the Sea Surface | |
| type | Journal Paper | |
| journal volume | 36 | |
| journal issue | 7 | |
| journal title | Journal of Applied Meteorology | |
| identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<0833:ECABLD>2.0.CO;2 | |
| journal fristpage | 833 | |
| journal lastpage | 845 | |
| tree | Journal of Applied Meteorology:;1997:;volume( 036 ):;issue: 007 | |
| contenttype | Fulltext | |
