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) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1519-1525 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1991 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atmospheric Science
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Albrecht, B. A. (1991). Fractional cloudiness and cloud-top entrainment instability. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 48(12), 1519-1525. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1991)048<1519:FCACTE>2.0.CO;2