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

Volume

1

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug 1994

Firstpage

402

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;

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.1994.399136

Filename

399136