NASA Logo

NTRS

NTRS - NASA Technical Reports Server

Collections About News Help Login
Back to Results
Mesoscale Simulations of CRYSTAL-FACE 23 July 2002 CaseA key objective of the Cirrus Regional Study of Tropical Anvils and Cirrus Layers - Florida Area Cirrus Experiment (CRYSTAL-FACE) is to understand the relationships between properties of tropical convective cloud systems and the lifecycle of the extended cirrus anvils they produce. We report here on a case study of 23 July 2002 where a line of land-based convective storms was generated between Lake Okeechobee and the Florida east coast as a result of complex interactions between lake and sea breeze fronts and outflow boundaries. A central goal of this study is to develop a description of convective input to the anvil system and to quantify the ongoing dynamical forcing of anvil processes by mesoscale and large-scale dynamics. This information is then used to force high-resolution cloud simulations with a model that explicitly resolves cloud microphysical processes (bin model) for study of cirrus anvil microphysical development.
Document ID
20040171462
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Starr, David (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Lin, Ruei-Fong (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Lare, Andrew (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Demoz, Belay (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Rickenbach, Thomas (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Wang, Dong-Hai (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Li, Li-Hua (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Arnold, G. Thomas (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Wang, Yan-Sen (Army Research Lab. United States)
Date Acquired
August 22, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2004
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Meeting Information
Meeting: 14th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation
Location: Bologna
Country: Italy
Start Date: July 19, 2004
End Date: July 23, 2004
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Document Inquiry

Available Downloads

There are no available downloads for this record.

Related Records

There are no records associated with this record.
No Preview Available