Aircraft and Radar Measurements of Marine Stratus

Abstract

The principal activity under this grant was the DYCOMS-II field experiment, and the data analyses and reporting that followed. The field experiment yielded unique data. Results have been reported in a number of publications and student theses and dissertations. Additional journal articles are pending publication and/or submission. The main finding from the field observations is the ubiquity of drizzle in marine stratocumulus even when cloud thickness is as little as 250 m. Diagnosis of this drizzle became possible through the use of the Wyoming Cloud Radar on the NSF/NCAR C-130 research aircraft. In addition, the drizzle provided a suitable target for velocity measurements, so that we were able to obtain the first ever two-dimensional depictions of circulations within the marine boundary layer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 23, 2004
Accession Number
ADA426298

Entities

People

  • Gabor Vali

Organizations

  • University of Wyoming

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Chemistry
  • Data Analysis
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Observation
  • Radar
  • Research Aircraft
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Theses
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.