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A modeling study of marine boundary layer clouds
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Wang, Shouping Fitzjarrald, Daniel E. |
| Copyright Year | 1993 |
| Description | Marine boundary layer (MBL) clouds are important components of the earth's climate system. These clouds drastically reduce the amount of solar radiation absorbed by the earth, but have little effect on the emitted infrared radiation on top of the atmosphere. In addition, these clouds are intimately involved in regulating boundary layer turbulent fluxes. For these reasons, it is important that general circulation models used for climate studies must realistically simulate the global distribution of the MBL. While the importance of these cloud systems is well recognized, many physical processes involved in these clouds are poorly understood and their representation in large-scale models remains an unresolved problem. The present research aims at the development and improvement of the parameterization of these cloud systems and an understanding of physical processes involved. This goal is addressed in two ways. One is to use regional modeling approach to validate and evaluate two-layer marine boundary layer models using satellite and ground-truth observations; the other is to combine this simple model with a high-order turbulence closure model to study the transition processes from stratocumulus to shallow cumulus clouds. Progress made in this effort is presented. |
| File Size | 159461 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19930010916 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t07x19d0r |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1993-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Meteorology And Climatology Turbulence Climate Turbulent Flow Stratocumulus Clouds Parameterization Atmospheric General Circulation Models Cumulus Clouds Atmospheric Boundary Layer Air Water Interactions Marine Meteorology Infrared Radiation Mathematical Models Solar Radiation Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
