Mesoscale-Microscale Convective Structures in Type I Cloud-Topped Boundary Layers

了解大气边界层及其影响 它对云增长的影响是一个基本的气象问题 这对大范围的大气问题都很重要 从污染物排放到自由大气， 云量对气候的影响。 观察结果表明， 云可以形成独特而有组织的 在广阔的区域上的模式。 首席研究员将继续研究 中尺度对流的组织， 作为寒冷干燥的大陆空气的行星边界层 质量平流越过相对温暖的开放水域。 的 主要研究者将使用从以下机构收集的观察数据： 一个先前进行的实地项目沿着理论研究 和数值模型，以确定的重要特点， 密歇根湖上空的边界层

Understanding the atmospheric boundary layer and the effect it has on cloud growth is a fundamental meteorological problem that is important to a broad range of atmospheric questions ranging from venting of pollutants to the free atmosphere to the effect of cloud cover on climate. Observations have clearly shown that clouds can form in distinctive and very organized patterns over expansive areas. The Principal Investigator will continue his research on the organization of mesoscale convection that evolves in time within the planetary boundary layer as cold and dry continental air masses advect over relatively warmer bodies of open water. The Principal Investigator will use observational data collected from a previously held field program along with theoretical studies and numerical models to ascertain important characteristics of the boundary layer over Lake Michigan.