Variations in coastal atmospheric refractivity induced by mesoscale processes

Author

Thompson, William T. ; Burk, Stephen D. ; Cook, John ; Love, Gary G.

Author_Institution

Div. of Marine Meteorol., Naval Res. Lab., Monterey, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug 1994

Firstpage

410

Abstract

A number of mesoscale processes characteristic of the coastal environment can modify atmospheric refractivity. These processes change the gradients of temperature and moisture at the top of the boundary layer and alter duct height and strength. A mesoscale weather prediction model developed at NRL has been used extensively to make mesoscale atmospheric forecasts over the California coastal region. The authors utilize this model to investigate changes in microwave refractivity associated with low-level jets and cyclonic eddies along the California coast

Keywords

atmospheric boundary layer; microwave propagation; radiowave propagation; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; California; North Pacific; United States USA; atmospheric refractivity variability; boundary layer; coast; coastal; cyclonic eddy; duct height; duct strength; humidity; low-level jet; marine atmosphere troposphere; mesoscale meteorology; microwave; moisture; overwater propagation; radiowave propagation; temperature; weather prediction model; Atmospheric modeling; Ducts; Humidity; Meteorology; Moisture; Ocean temperature; Predictive models; Refractive index; Sea measurements; Weather forecasting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399138

Filename

399138