A Climatology of Marine-Fog Frequencies for the North Pacific Ocean Summer Fog Season.

Abstract

This study continues the Naval Postgraduate School's development of a computerized program to establish climatological marine-fog frequencies. In particular, fog related information contained in the visibility-weather group elements of the primary synoptic surface reports is segregated into 39 fog categories. Representative fog durations for each category are statistically established from North Pacific Ocean Weather Station summer-season data at Ships, P, Q, and S. Climatological frequencies over the North Pacific Ocean, 30-60N, for the months of June, July, August and September are derived from 12 years (1963-74) of OWS and transient ship observations (about three-fourths of a million reports). Comparison to previously published climatological frequencies is made. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA018300

Entities

People

  • Gary Roland Willms

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climatology
  • Frequency
  • North Pacific Ocean
  • Observation
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Stations
  • Visibility
  • Weather Stations

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology