Clouds - Their Prediction and Simulation.

Abstract

Summary of research advances during FIRE II modelling and aircraft operations in provided. Discussion of mesoscale forecasts during FIRE 11 using RAMS model is given. Advances in radiative transfer module and scattering by irregular particles are reported. New cloud physics parameterization of homogeneous nucleation is described. Planned research in the area of cirrus, stratocumulus, and cumulus predictions are defined. Cloud prediction, cirrus, stratocumulus, mesoscale modeling, radiative transfer, cloud physics.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 13, 1992
Accession Number
ADA251367

Entities

People

  • G. L. Stephens
  • P. J. Flatau
  • W. R. Cotton

Organizations

  • Colorado State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Cloud Physics
  • Clouds
  • Nucleation
  • Particles
  • Physics
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Scattering
  • Simulations

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation