Airborne Profiles Taken Near San Nicolas Island, California, during Operation FIRE (First ISCCP (International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project) Regional Experiment) (1987): Aerosol Size Distributions, Air and Surface Temperatu

摘要

During June and July, 1987, Project FIRE was conducted in the Southern California offshore area. Fire (First ISCCP Regional Experimental) is a cloud research program to validate/update the ISCCP (International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project) database and cloud/radiation parameterizations used in the general circulation models. Coordinated surface, aircraft, and satellite observations of marine stratocumulus cloud within and just above the marine boundary layer were made by a myriad of participants. This report presents data from airborne profiles taken near San Nichols Island, CA, during Operation FIRE (1987). Aerosol size distributions, air and surface temperatures, cloud top temperatures, and relative humidities are tabulated. The NOSC airborne platform was employed to investigate the low-level horizontal variability of the marine-boundary-layer structure. Keywords: Marine meteorology; Airborne profiles; Operation FIRE; Aerosol size distributions; Surface temperatures; Cloud top temperatures; Relative humidities; Santa Barbara Islands; Atmospheric temperature. (edc)