The Vertical Distribution of Heating in the Tropical Atmosphere.

Abstract

The project is designed to achieve three major goals: (1) Assist the planning of TOGA COARE to optimize experimental design and measurement strategy, focusing on the larger scale arrays but paying particular attention to the problem of integrating the measurements from the arrays; (2) Participate in the TOGA COARE field program during the IOP; and (3) Carry out a research program examining the mean properties and vertical heating profiles of mesoscale through synoptic-scale circulation systems in the COARE region, exploring the relationships between these systems and larger scale forcing, and determining the processes that determine the vertical structure of the atmosphere during COARE.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 15, 1992
Accession Number
ADA254982

Entities

People

  • William M. Frank

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Atmospheres
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Climate Change
  • Computational Science
  • Data Sets
  • Electronic Mail
  • Experimental Design
  • Factor Analysis
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Software Development
  • Students
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies