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Stratocumulus cloud deepening through entrainmentUnder a substantial range of realistic conditions, stratocumulus cloud top entrainment is noted to either deepen an existing cloud layer or produce clouds in an unsaturated mixed layer, though the entrained air is warmer and drier than the mixed-layer air. These results, which apply irrespective of entrainment rate-determining mechanism, imply that the cloud top entrainment instability discussed by Randall (1980) and Deardorff (1980) does not necessarily destroy a layer cloud. Examples are given which include soundings, marine layer data, and simulation results produced by the UCLA general circulation model.
Document ID
19850038073
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Randall, D. A.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences, Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: Tellus, Series A - Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography
Volume: 36A
ISSN: 0280-6495
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
85A20224
Distribution Limits
Public
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