Aerosol Impacts on Cirrus Clouds and High-Power Laser Transmission: A Combined Satellite Observation and Modeling Approach

Abstract

The objective of this basic research effort is to provide the theoretical foundations for modeling/simulating the interaction of aerosols and ice at high altitudes (near and above the tropopause). The AF, together with the ABL SPO (through the MDA), anticipate that aerosols/ice will impact the efficacy of the ABL and the ability to predict possible impacts is of great value. The PI and his colleagues will interrogate a number of conceptual schemes which incorporate cloud microphysics (with 6 classes of moisture species together with actual ice concentrations). Particular attention will be paid to ice nucleation scenarios.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 28, 2010
Accession Number
ADA519036

Entities

People

  • Kuo-nan Liou

Organizations

  • University of California, Los Angeles

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Cirrus Clouds
  • Cloud Cover
  • Clouds
  • Contracts
  • Correlation Analysis
  • High Altitude
  • New Mexico
  • Observation
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Solar Spectrum
  • Stratified Fluids
  • United States
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Software Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Space