A Feasibility Study of Numerical Simulation of Inversion-Rising Marine Stratus and Fog.

Abstract

Raising of the marine inversion above the lifting condensation level by mesoscale vertical motion associated with warm water patches can produce stratus and subsequently fog may form. The feasibility of numerical simulation of these inversion rising situations was examined. A modified numerical framework, constructed from the Lavoie model, is capable of simulating the effect of warm water patches on the formation of stratus/fog during inversion rising situations. However, the operational utility of the model is limited because the frequency of meteorological conditions during which the warm patch effect is important is very small. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA103948

Entities

People

  • C. William Rogers
  • James T. Hanley

Organizations

  • Calspan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Temperature
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Boundaries
  • Climate Change
  • Clouds
  • Cold Water
  • Condensation
  • Equations
  • Heat Energy
  • Inversion
  • Latent Heat
  • Moisture
  • Research Facilities
  • Saturation
  • Steady State
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Wind Direction

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation