Ship-based measurements of cloud optical properties during the Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment
- Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO (United States)
The Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX), conducted in June 1992, was designed with the broad goal of improving the dynamical, radiative, and microphysical models of marine boundary layer (MBL) clouds. This goal was pursued by combining measurements from a number of different platforms including aircraft, satellites, ships, and islands. In this paper, we examine the optical properties of MBL clouds using measurements taken on the NOAA research vessel Malcom Baldridge. We seek the relationship between optical depth and liquid water because this relationship is used to parameterize the optical properties of clouds in many global climate models (GCMs). We compare our results with the results obtained from two other marine cloud studies.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States). Environmental Sciences Div.
- OSTI ID:
- 83210
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940277-; ON: DE95009951; TRN: 95:003626-0070
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Atmospheric radiation measurement science team meeting, Charleston, SC (United States), 28 Feb - 3 Mar 1994; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the Fourth Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Science Team Meeting; PB: 373 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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