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Saturation point structure of marine stratocumulus cloudsAn investigation of the microstructure of a Pacific stratocumulus capped boundary layer is presented. A complex structure of three branches, identified using conserved variable diagrams, is found to correspond well to a conceptual model for the unstable, radiatively cooled cloud topped boundary layer. A simple conditional sampling method was used to identify saturation point pairs for ascending and descending branches of the internal boundary layer circulation. Results indicate a primary circulation scale of 5 km and provide a reasonable cloud top entrainment rate of 1 cm/s.
Document ID
19880052060
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Boers, Reinout
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Betts, Alan K.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Volume: 45
ISSN: 0022-4928
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
88A39287
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-28880
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-84-03333
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-87-05403
Distribution Limits
Public
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