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Observations of marine stratocumulus clouds during FIREThe First International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project Regional Experiment (FIRE) to study extensive fields of stratocumulus clouds off the coast of California is presented. Measurements on the regional and detailed local scales were taken, allowing for a wide interpretation of the mean, turbulent, microphysical, radiative, and chemical characteristics of stratocumulus. Multiple aircraft and ground-based remote-sensing systems were used to study the time evolution of the boundary layer structure over a three-week period, and probes from tethered balloons were used to measure turbulence and to collect cloud-microphysical and cloud-radiative data. The observations provide a base for studying the generation maintenance and dissipation of stratocumulus clouds, and could aid in developing numerical models and improved methods for retrieving cloud properties by satellite.
Document ID
19880057254
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Albrecht, Bruce A.
(Pennsylvania State University University Park, United States)
Randall, David A.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States)
Nicholls, Stephen
(Meteorological Office Bracknell, United Kingdom)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: American Meteorological Society, Bulletin
Volume: 69
ISSN: 0003-0007
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
88A44481
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: N00014-86-K-06880
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-86-19854
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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