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Diurnal variation of marine stratocumulus over San Nicolas Island during July 1987A study is presented of surface measurements made at San Nicolas Island during the intensive field observation marine stratocumulus phase of the First International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program Regional Experiment, July 1987, to retrieve the average diurnal variation of marine stratocumulus and associated surface variables. The diurnal behavior of the cloud base appears to be consistent with model-predicted uncoupling of the cloud layer and the subcloud layer as the turbulent flux of moisture is limited by solar heating close to the cloud base. Also, variation in surface air temperature is consistent with the limitation of the turbulent flux of heat between the two layers, screening the surface from the effect of longwave cooling from the cloud top.
Document ID
19910057441
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Blaskovic, Miriam
(McGill Univ. Montreal Quebec, Canada)
Davies, Roger
(McGill University Montreal, Canada)
Snider, J. B.
(NOAA, Wave Propagation Laboratory, Boulder CO, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: Monthly Weather Review
Volume: 119
ISSN: 0027-0644
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
91A42064
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG1-552
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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