Meteorological Factors in High Resolution Satellite Imagery (DMSP).
Abstract
Comparisons of the predicted aerosol size distributions from the Shettle and Fenn, the Munn-Katz, and the Hybrid models are made with aerosol size distribution data sets collected off the California coast near Monterey in April and May, 1980. It is shown that the mixing volume (inversion height) is an important parameter in predictive aerosol distribution equations. The Hybrid model is determined to be inaccurate when compared with the Shettle and Fenn and the Munn-Katz models. The Shettle and Fenn model consistently provided the most accurate results. However, it requires an input of either total particle concentration or visibility, neither of which are easily measured or predicted. The Munn-Katz model is determined to be the most operationally useful of the three models studied. It depends only on the bulk meteorological parameters of wind speed, relative humidity and altitude. The Munn-Katz model neglects mixing volume and advection. The observed data further suggest than an aerosol model which does not include a continental distribution may be more appropriate for the open ocean environment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA107512
Entities
People
- Mark Evans Schultz
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School