Aerosol and Cloud Microphysical Characteristics of Rifts and Gradients in Maritime Stratocumulus Clouds [PDF]
, 2006 A cloud rift is characterized as a large-scale, persistent area of broken, low-reflectivity stratocumulus clouds usually surrounded by a solid deck of stratocumulus.
Albrecht, Bruce A. +7 more
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Modeling microphysical effects of entrainment in clouds observed during EUCAARI-IMPACT field campaign [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2013 This paper discusses aircraft observations and large-eddy simulation (LES) modeling of 15 May 2008, North Sea boundary-layer clouds from the EUCAARI-IMPACT field campaign.
D. Jarecka +3 more
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Mid-level clouds are frequent above the southeast Atlantic stratocumulus clouds [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2020 Shortwave-absorbing aerosols seasonally overlay extensive low-level stratocumulus clouds over the southeast Atlantic. While much attention has focused on the interactions between the low-level clouds and the overlying aerosols, few studies have focused ...
A. A. Adebiyi +4 more
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Turbulent dispersion in cloud-topped boundary layers [PDF]
, 2009 Compared to dry boundary layers, dispersion in cloud-topped boundary layers has received less attention. In this LES based numerical study we investigate the dispersion of a passive tracer in the form of Lagrangian particles for four kinds of atmospheric
Heus, T. +3 more
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Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2019 The representation of stratocumulus clouds, and of the stratocumulus to cumulus transitions which are ubiquitous features of marine boundary layer clouds, remains a challenge for climate models.
Frédéric Hourdin +7 more
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A new approach to estimate supersaturation fluctuations in stratocumulus cloud using ground-based remote-sensing measurements [PDF]
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2019 Supersaturation, crucial for cloud droplet activation and condensational growth, varies in clouds at different spatial and temporal scales. In-cloud supersaturation is poorly known and rarely measured directly.
F. Yang +6 more
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Factors Controlling Rapid Stratocumulus Cloud Thinning
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2014 Abstract The relationship between the inversion stability and the liquid water path (LWP) tendency of a vertically well-mixed, adiabatic stratocumulus cloud layer is investigated in this study through the analysis of the budget equation for the LWP.
J. J. van der Dussen +2 more
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Multiple‐scale simulations of stratocumulus clouds [PDF]
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2010 This study introduces a flexible multiple nested modeling framework developed from the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model for boundary layer cloud research. It features a nested large‐eddy simulation in a hindcasting mode that allows a direct comparison between simulations and observations.
Ping Zhu +3 more
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Scaling of Drizzle Virga Depth With Cloud Thickness for Marine Stratocumulus Clouds
Geophysical Research Letters, 2018 Drizzle is frequently observed in marine stratocumulus clouds and plays a crucial role in cloud lifetime and the radiation budget. Most drizzling stratocumulus clouds form drizzle virga below cloud base, where subcloud scavenging and evaporative cooling ...
Fan Yang +4 more
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Cloud and boundary layer interactions over the Arctic sea ice in late summer [PDF]
, 2013 Observations from the Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS), in the central Arctic sea-ice pack in late summer 2008, provide a detailed view of cloud- atmosphere-surface interactions and vertical mixing processes over the sea-ice environment ...
Brooks, IM +7 more
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