Title :
Mesoscale modeling of refractive conditions during the VOCAR experiment
Author :
Burk, S.D. ; Thompson, W.T. ; Cook, J. ; Love, G.G.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Marine Meteorol., Naval Res. Lab., Monterey, CA, USA
Abstract :
A mesoscale model was run in a data assimilation cycle throughout the 12-day period of the Variability of Coastal Atmospheric Refractivity (VOCAR) experiments´s Intensive Observing Period (IOP). A developing synoptic low, a mesoscale eddy, sea-land breezes, mountain-valley winds, and coastal low-level jets (LLJs) are some of the phenomena modeled, and to some extent, observed during VOCAR. Impacts of these processes on the marine atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) and microwave refractivity are highlighted
Keywords :
atmospheric boundary layer; microwave propagation; radiowave propagation; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; AD 1993 08; AD 1993 09; California USA United States; IOP; Intensive Observing Period; SHF; VOCAR; Variability of Coastal Atmospheric Refractivity; atmosphere troposphere; boundary layer; coast coastal; coastal low-level jet; developing synoptic low; mesoscale eddy; mesoscale model; meteorology; microwave; mountain-valley wind; radiowave propagation; refractive conditions; sea-land breeze; Atmospheric modeling; Data assimilation; Microwave propagation; Ocean temperature; Predictive models; Refractive index; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Weather forecasting; Wind forecasting;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International
Conference_Location :
Pasadena, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1497-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399136
