Stratocumulus clouds

R Wood - Monthly weather review, 2012 - journals.ametsoc.org
This paper reviews the current knowledge of the climatological, structural, and
organizational aspects of stratocumulus clouds and the physical processes controlling them …

On the unified estimation of turbulence eddy dissipation rate using Doppler cloud radars and lidars

P Borque, E Luke, P Kollias - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Coincident profiling observations from Doppler lidars and radars are used to estimate the
turbulence energy dissipation rate (ε) using three different data sources:(i) Doppler radar …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of clouds on the brightness of the night sky

T Ściężor - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative …, 2020 - Elsevier
Clouds are a kind of atmospheric factor that most effectively scatters the artificial light coming
from the ground. Therefore, they have the most significant impact on the brightness of the …

Evaluation of CESM1 (WACCM) free-running and specified dynamics atmospheric composition simulations using global multispecies satellite data records

L Froidevaux, DE Kinnison, R Wang… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
We have analyzed near-global stratospheric data (and mesospheric data as well for H 2 O)
in terms of absolute abundances, variability, and trends for O 3, H 2 O, HCl, N 2 O, and HNO …

Formation and maintenance of nocturnal low-level stratus over the southern West African monsoon region during AMMA 2006

R Schuster, AH Fink… - Journal of the Atmospheric …, 2013 - journals.ametsoc.org
The southern parts of West Africa are frequently covered by an extensive deck of shallow,
low (200–400 m AGL) stratus or stratocumulus clouds during the summer monsoon. These …

Nocturnal low-level clouds in the atmospheric boundary layer over southern West Africa: an observation-based analysis of conditions and processes

B Adler, K Babić, N Kalthoff, F Lohou… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
During the West African summer monsoon season, extended nocturnal stratiform low-level
clouds (LLCs) frequently form in the atmospheric boundary layer over southern West Africa …

Vertical distributions and columnar properties of the aerosols during different seasons over Kattankulathur (12.82 oN, 80.04 oE): A semi-urban tropical coastal station

A Ananthavel, SK Mehta, TVR Reddy, S Ali… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - Elsevier
Seasonal characteristics of the aerosols over Kattankulathur (12.83° N, 80.04° E) is studied
using Micro Pulse Lidar observations during 2016–2018 and Cloud Aerosol Lidar and …

A decadal climatology of cloud vertical structure over the Indo-Gangetic Plain using radiosonde and radar observations

S Sharma, A Dass, AK Mishra, S Singh, K Kumar - Atmospheric Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The cloud vertical structure (CVS) over any place significantly impacts the boundary layer
dynamics and horizontal/vertical temperature gradient at local scale, whereas on the …

[HTML][HTML] The observed diurnal cycle of low-level stratus clouds over southern West Africa: a case study

K Babić, B Adler, N Kalthoff, H Andersen… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
This study presents the first detailed observational analysis of the complete diurnal cycle of
stratiform low-level clouds (LLC) and involved atmospheric processes over southern West …

Factors controlling stratocumulus cloud lifetime over coastal land

MS Ghonima, T Heus, JR Norris… - Journal of the …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
The breakup of stratocumulus clouds over coastal land areas is studied using a combination
of large-eddy simulations (LESs) and mixed-layer models (MLMs) with a focus on …