Toward Improving Coastal Fog Prediction (C-FOG)
Abstract
This proposal concerns fog in coastal areas (or coastal fog) controlled by the interactions of land, marine and atmospheric processes. Given the inherent complexity of coastal-fog dynamics, previous literature has mostly dealt with case studies with limited microphysical observations, and there is a critical need for research that integrates across fundamental processes (fog life cycle), dynamics (energetics, two-phase flow and turbulence), microphysics (droplet characterization, nucleation) and thermodynamics (radiative mechanisms, cooling, phase changes) through a symbiosis of well-designed field campaigns and modeling. Thus, the heart of the proposed project, dubbed C-FOG, will be a field study that will be conducted in eastern Canada at two supersites (in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland) rich in fog climatology and conducive to disparate fog types.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jul 10, 2018
- Source ID
- N000141812472
Entities
People
- Harindra Fernando
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of Notre Dame