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Observations of Marine Fair Weather Cumulus Clouds Virendra Ghate and Mark Miller Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University

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Page 1: Observations of Marine Fair Weather Cumulus Clouds · 2019. 8. 21. · Observations of Marine Fair Weather Cumulus Clouds Virendra Ghate and Mark Miller Department of Environmental

Observations of Marine Fair Weather Cumulus Clouds

Virendra Ghate and Mark MillerDepartment of Environmental Sciences,

Rutgers University

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Reflectivity

Doppler Velocity

Page 3: Observations of Marine Fair Weather Cumulus Clouds · 2019. 8. 21. · Observations of Marine Fair Weather Cumulus Clouds Virendra Ghate and Mark Miller Department of Environmental

Reflectivity

Doppler Velocity

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Forced

PassiveLevel of Free Convection

Lifting Condensation Level

Stull (1985)

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Active Clouds

Passive Clouds

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Reflectivity

Doppler Velocity

Active Cloud

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Reflectivity

Doppler Velocity

Passive Cloud

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Forced Cloud

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Future Work … Issues

• Simulate the case using LES model.

• Lack of sea level observations .. Buoy ??

• Improved radar range resolution …

Current resolution 43 m