Clouds: Their Prediction and Simulation

Abstract

Mesoscale forecasts of several FIRE II cirrus events has been repeated using newly developed microphysics schemes. Boundary layer cloud fractional coverage schemes has been tested for one of the FIRE I stratocumulus cases in which there was a transition from solid stratocumulus to broken cumuli. RAMS ability to simulate ordinary deep convective clouds has been evaluated for one of the CaPE case over the Kennedy Space Flight Center. New modules for cloud microphysics and radiation transfer have been written and the impacts of those schemes on cloud forecasting will be evaluated in the future.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 1993
Accession Number
ADA271161

Entities

People

  • G. L. Stephens
  • W. R. Cotton

Organizations

  • Colorado State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Band Structures
  • Boundary Layer
  • Cirrus Clouds
  • Cloud Cover
  • Cloud Physics
  • Clouds
  • Energy Bands
  • Layers
  • Radiation
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Scattering
  • Students
  • Transitions
  • Two Dimensional
  • Weather Forecasting

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Space