An Examination of the Evolution of Radiation and Advection Fogs

Abstract

A literature study was done on radiation and advection fog evolution. For radiation fog, six stages of fog evolution have been identified -- (1) precursor, (2) sunset, (3) conditioning, (4) mature, (5) sunrise, and (6) dissipation. The evolution of advection fog models has been in parallel with radiation fog models, but no identified stages in the evolution of advection fog have been proposed: (1) precursor, (2) initiation, (3) mature, and (4) dissipation. Radiation and advection fog models will require greater sophistication in order to study fog spatial and temporal variability. Physical aspects that require further study are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA266127

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  • Montie M. Orgill

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Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Pollution
  • Boundary Layer
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Climate Change
  • Cloud Physics
  • Convection
  • Geography
  • Heat Energy
  • Latent Heat
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Solar Radiation
  • Temperature Inversion
  • Thermodynamics
  • Transitions
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Mixing

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  • Climatology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Oceanography.