Water Vapor and Temperature Inversions Near the 0 deg C Level Over the Tropical Western Pacific.

Abstract

During the Intensive Observation Period (IOP), several periods of water vapor and temperature inversions near the 0 deg C level were observed. Satellite and radiosonde data from TOGA COARE are used to document the large-scale conditions and thermodynamic and kinematic structures present during three extended periods in which moisture and temperature inversions near the freezing level were very pronounced. Observations from each case are synthesized into schematics which represent typical structures of the inversion phenomena. Frequency distributions of the inversion phenomena along with climatological humidity and temperature profiles are calculated for the four-month IOP.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA282023

Entities

People

  • Kenneth A. Hart

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Atmospheric Temperature
  • Biological Phenomena
  • Diagrams
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Ecological And Environmental Processes
  • Freezing
  • Frequency
  • Humidity
  • Inversion
  • Meteorological Phenomena
  • Observation
  • Temperature Inversion
  • Transition Temperature
  • Vapors
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers

Technology Areas

  • Space