LONG-TERM GOALS: To develop an improved parameterization of so-called mixed-phase stratocumulus in numerical models of weather and climate, and of their impact on the surface energy budget over the Arctic Ocean, their impact on the vertical structure of the lower troposphere and relationships to larger scale meteorology. OBJECTIVES: Develop a process-level understanding on why so-called mixed-phase stratocumulus are so common, by far the most common type of clouds in the ...
Different processes influence the coastal meteorology on different space and time scales. The interaction between coastal baroclinicity, background (synoptic scale) flow, coastal terrain and coastline geometry are believed to be important. The coastal baroclinicity is important for the diurnal cycle of the coastal jet, but also generates cross-shore flow in gaps where the terrain height is lower. If the terrain is higher than the top of the PBL depth, the ...
The dispersion and mixing of aerosols and other species in the coastal zone is influenced by meteorological processes different space and time scales. The dispersion is dependent on the local PBL turbulence structure, while on larger and longer scales the fate of these constituents are determined by the mesoscale flow that arise from the different surface forcing dependent both on different surface types and the terrain height difference. The objective ...
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