Computer Science
Scientific paper
Aug 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978jats...35.1522f&link_type=abstract
Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, vol. 35, Issue 8, pp.1522-1535
Computer Science
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Scientific paper
A one-dimensional numerical model of the formation and evolution of droplet spectra during the early stage of formation of advection fogs at sea is described. The model computes the evolution of a specified population of cloud condensation nuclei contained in an air parcel which is advected with the wind. The driving force for fog formation is a prescribed time rate of increase in the relative humidity of the parcel. This humidity increase is assumed to result from radiative cooling and from heat and moisture exchange with a cold sea surface.The model was used to predict the evolution of the droplet size distribution and visibility at an altitude of 20 m in two advection-type fogs which were encountered off the coast of Nova Scotia daring a cruise of the USNS Hayes in August 1975. Predictions were made for distances of up to 30 km inside the upwind boundary of these fogs. Observed and model-predicted visibilities agreed to within a factor of 2. In the size range above 5 m diameter, the predicted droplet size distributions were in good agreement with impactor data. The model was able to predict the high number density of small (<2.0 m diameter) droplets detected with an optical particle counter.
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