Experimental and theoretical investigations of marine stratocumulus cloud sensitivity to climate parameters using ship-trail clouds
Abstract
The formation and radiative properties of clouds are poorly parameterized in numerical climate models, especially marine boundary layer clouds. Twomey (1991), after describing the importance of cloud microphysics to the climate problem, states Clearly, many more field measurements and laboratory experiments are called for, rather than endless repetitions of computer simulations that are closely related to each other and parameterize in very similar ways.'' The effort described here is a field experimental effort supported by the Department of Energy under its Quantitative Links'' program. The project is called Ship-Trail Evolution Above High Updraft Naval Targets (SEAHUNT). The purpose of this study is to improve our understanding of the meteorological context in which ship trails and other perturbations to marine boundary layer clouds occur. 8 refs., 6 figs.
- Authors:
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- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
- Nevada Univ., Reno, NV (United States). Desert Research Inst.
- Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA (United States)
- City Coll., New York, NY (United States)
- U.S. Oceanography, Alpine, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5009019
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-91-3088; CONF-920134-3
ON: DE92000181
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 72. American Meteorological Society conference, Atlanta, GA (United States), 5-10 Jan 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 58 GEOSCIENCES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; CLOUDS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; SHIPS; THERMAL EFFLUENTS; ALBEDO; CLIMATES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MARITIME TRANSPORT; METEOROLOGY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEAS; SOLAR RADIATION; VAPOR CONDENSATION; DATA; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; RADIATIONS; STELLAR RADIATION; SURFACE WATERS; TRANSPORT; 580000* - Geosciences; 540140 - Environment, Atmospheric- Thermal Effluents Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)
Citation Formats
Porch, W, Buchwald, M, Glatzmaier, T, Kao, C -Y, Unruh, W, Hudson, J, Rogers, F, Durkee, P, Hindman, E, and Kocian, J. Experimental and theoretical investigations of marine stratocumulus cloud sensitivity to climate parameters using ship-trail clouds. United States: N. p., 1991.
Web.
Porch, W, Buchwald, M, Glatzmaier, T, Kao, C -Y, Unruh, W, Hudson, J, Rogers, F, Durkee, P, Hindman, E, & Kocian, J. Experimental and theoretical investigations of marine stratocumulus cloud sensitivity to climate parameters using ship-trail clouds. United States.
Porch, W, Buchwald, M, Glatzmaier, T, Kao, C -Y, Unruh, W, Hudson, J, Rogers, F, Durkee, P, Hindman, E, and Kocian, J. 1991.
"Experimental and theoretical investigations of marine stratocumulus cloud sensitivity to climate parameters using ship-trail clouds". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5009019.
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title = {Experimental and theoretical investigations of marine stratocumulus cloud sensitivity to climate parameters using ship-trail clouds},
author = {Porch, W and Buchwald, M and Glatzmaier, T and Kao, C -Y and Unruh, W and Hudson, J and Rogers, F and Durkee, P and Hindman, E and Kocian, J},
abstractNote = {The formation and radiative properties of clouds are poorly parameterized in numerical climate models, especially marine boundary layer clouds. Twomey (1991), after describing the importance of cloud microphysics to the climate problem, states Clearly, many more field measurements and laboratory experiments are called for, rather than endless repetitions of computer simulations that are closely related to each other and parameterize in very similar ways.'' The effort described here is a field experimental effort supported by the Department of Energy under its Quantitative Links'' program. The project is called Ship-Trail Evolution Above High Updraft Naval Targets (SEAHUNT). The purpose of this study is to improve our understanding of the meteorological context in which ship trails and other perturbations to marine boundary layer clouds occur. 8 refs., 6 figs.},
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year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991},
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