Meteorological influences on mountain cloudwater chemistry in the eastern USA

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:7106978

Vong, R J; Bailey, B H; Markus, M J; Mohnen, V A

To relate cloudwater composition with large-scale circulation features, cloud events sampled during the 1986-88 field seasons by the U.S. EPA Mountain Cloudwater Chemistry Pragram (MCCP) were classified according to the principal synoptic features responsible for cloud production. The scheme classifies cloud events according to a mountain's location relative to surface weather map features for hours when cloud was observed at the sites. Goals were to: (1) understand the extreme variability in cloud water chemistry; (2) analyze the effect of the part-time, non-random sampling protocol (every cloud hour was sampled during several multiple week sampling intensives but no events were sampled for other multiple week periods); and (3) establish meteorological scenarios for cloud water interception models.

• Research Organization: Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (USA). Dept. of Atmospheric Science
• OSTI ID: 7106978
• Report Number(s): PB-90-132432/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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