Diagnosing boundary layer fractional cloudiness in a
mesoscale model
In March of 1994, I earned a Master of Science degree from CSU's
Department of Atmospheric
Science. The core of my research involved the examination of
boundary layer fractional cloudiness schemes for use in a mesoscale
model. The mesoscale model that I used in my research was
the Regional Atmospheric
Modeling System (RAMS), and some of this work was published in the
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. I have also implemented fractional
cloudiness in the
RAMS real-time model.
My
abstract also describes two case studies within my thesis.
One of the case studies that I examined was from the
FIRE experiment
that took place off the coast of California during the summer of 1987.
On 7 July 1987, a strong transition in cloud amount was observed by
satellite.
I also performed a case study from
BLX83
over Oklahoma during the summer of 1983. On 7 June 1983, small cumulus
clouds formed during midday and grew to a maximum of 30% coverage.
