Boundary-layer cumulus over land: Some observations and conceptual models

Conference · Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:10103459

Stull, R B

Starting in 1980, the Boundary Layer Research Team at the University of Wisconsin has been systematically studying the formation and evolution of nonprecipitating boundary-layer cumulus clouds (BLCu) in regions of fair weather (anticyclones) over land (Stull, 1980). Our approach is to quantify the average statistical characteristics of the surface, thermals, boundary layer, and clouds over horizontal regions of roughly 20 km in diameter. Within such a region over land, there is typically quite a variation in land use, and associated variations in surface albedo and moisture.

• Research Organization: Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI (United States). Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-92ER61361
• OSTI ID: 10103459
• Report Number(s): CONF-9306252-1; ON: DE93040820
• Resource Relation: Conference: ECMWF workshop on boundary-layer clouds,Reading (United Kingdom),8-11 Jun 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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