Airborne profiles taken near San Nicolas Island, California, during operation FIRE (First ISCCP (International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project) Regional Experiment) (1987): Aerosol size distributions, air and surface temperatures, cloud top temperatures, and relative humidities. Final report, June-September 1987

Technical Report · Wed Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5195923

Jensen, D R

During June and July, 1987, Project FIRE was conducted in the Southern California offshore area. Fire (First ISCCP Regional Experimental) is a cloud research program to validate/update the ISCCP (International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project) database and cloud/radiation parameterizations used in the general-circulation models. Coordinated surface, aircraft, and satellite observations of marine stratocumulus cloud within and just above the marine boundary layer were made by a myriad of participants. This report presents data from airborne profiles taken near San Nichols Island, CA, during Operation FIRE (1987). Aerosol size distributions, air and surface temperatures, cloud top temperatures, and relative humidities are tabulated. The NOSC airborne platform was employed to investigate the low-level horizontal variability of the marine-boundary-layer structure.

• Research Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5195923
• Report Number(s): AD-A-211664/8/XAB; NOSC/TD--1533
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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