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Turbulence structure in clear and cloudy regions of the 7 july 1987 electra mission
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Khalsa, Siri Jodha Singh |
| Copyright Year | 1990 |
| Description | The 7 July mission of the 1987 FIRE Marine Stratocumulus Intensive Field Observations was chosen for analysis because of a well-defined transition from stratocumulus to clear conditions sampled by the aircraft on this day. It is hoped that by studying this case something can be learned about the processes responsible for the maintenance and breakup of stratocumulus layers, a primary objective of FIRE. The preliminary analysis is based on data from the Electra flight of this day. The properties of turbulence elements, i.e., updrafts and downdrafts, are examined to gain information on the nature of the turbulent exchanges through the boundary layer and across the inversion. Since such exchanges in large measure determine the stability and structure of cloud layers, a study of draft properties should be informative. The results will also be useful in the development of boundary layer models that are based on draft circulations (e.g., Randall, 1988; Hanson, 1988). |
| File Size | 385229 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19900018931 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t72v7fn3z |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1990-07-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Meteorology And Climatology Vertical Air Currents Cloud Cover Turbulence Stability Daytime Atmospheric Models Inversions Marine Meteorology Aerial Photography Stratocumulus Clouds Remote Sensing Boundary Layers Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
