Investigation of Turbulence and the Fog Life-Cycle: From Micro-Physical Structure to Large Scale Dynamics
Abstract
Funds are provided to perform extensive field measurements characterizing marine fog in the key environments of focus in coordinatio n with the FATIMA research program, by using a combination of airborne measurement of the fog structure (in both horizontal and vert ical directions) and multiple ship-based platforms (research vessel, autonomous ship, wave glider) characterizing both the ocean sub -mesoscale conditions within and outside the fog layer, as well as the air-sea fluxes and the fog micro-physical properties through vertical sounding and remote sensing. These observations will be crucial in constraining the spatial and temporal structure of the fog life-cycle. This will be particularly true at the (vertical) boundary layers of the fog, i.e., the sea surface and the top of t he fog layer, which serve as crucial boundary conditions for numerical models. Our observational approach will provide vital benchma rks to examine the fidelity of the theoretical and numerical models of these processes.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Aug 20, 2021
- Source ID
- N000142112825
Entities
People
- Luc Lenain
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of California, San Diego