Evaluating Global Aerosol Models and Aerosol and Water Vapor Properties Near Clouds

Ferrare, Richard A. ; Turner, David D.

NASA Langley Research Center

关键词: Aerosols;    Clouds;    Scattering;    Entrainment;    Water Vapor;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1036220
RP-ID  :  DOE/ER64537
RP-ID  :  AI02-08ER64537
RP-ID  :  1036220

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Project goals: (1) Use the routine surface and airborne measurements at the ARM SGP site, and the routine surface measurements at the NSA site, to continue our evaluations of model aerosol simulations; (2) Determine the degree to which the Raman lidar measurements of water vapor and aerosol scattering and extinction can be used to remotely characterize the aerosol humidification factor; (3) Use the high temporal resolution CARL data to examine how aerosol properties vary near clouds; and (4) Use the high temporal resolution CARL and Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI) data to quantify entrainment in optically thin continental cumulus clouds.