Fractional cloudiness and cloud-top entrainment instability

B. A. Albrecht

doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1991)048<1519:FCACTE>2.0.CO;2

Fractional cloudiness and cloud-top entrainment instability

B. A. Albrecht

Atmospheric Sciences

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Abstract

Temperature and moisture profiles from soundings obtained over the central Atlantic during the Atlantic Trade-Wind Experiment were used to determine if cloud-top entrainment instability can explain observed variations in cloudiness. Differences in temperature and moisture across the trade inversion associated with fractional cloudiness near 100% were nearly the same as those associated with less than 25% cloud cover. No correlation between fractional cloudiness and boundary layer mixing-line slopes were found. -Author

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1519-1525
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Volume	48
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1991)048<1519:FCACTE>2.0.CO;2
State	Published - 1991

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Atmospheric Science

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