se pacific sc research at uw
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SE Pacific Sc Research at UW. Chris Bretherton, Rob Wood, Peter Caldwell, Kim Comstock April 23, 2004. Recent work at UW. Patches of open cells (POCs) Inferring MBL structure by combining knowledge from satellites and reanalysis Diurnal cycle of subsidence, entrainment. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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SE Pacific Sc Research at UW
Chris Bretherton, Rob Wood, Peter Caldwell, Kim Comstock
April 23, 2004
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Recent work at UW
• Patches of open cells (POCs)• Inferring MBL structure by combining
knowledge from satellites and reanalysis• Diurnal cycle of subsidence,
entrainment.
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The first satellite remote sensor - Tiros 1
TV Camera in space
Mesoscale cellular convection
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C-band reflectivity and radial velocity Mesoscale
wind fluctuations related to
drizzle cells
Radar reflectivity
Radial velocity
fluctuations
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The “POCS” mystery
Pockets Of Open Cells (POCS) are frequently
observed in otherwise unbroken
Sc.
Their cause is unknown
POCS
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MODIS 250m visible imagery
100 km
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POCS regions drizzle more
Figure by Kim Comstock/Rob Wood
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POCS and cloud droplet size
MODIS brightne
ss temperat
ure difference, GOES thermal
IR, scanning
C-band radar
Figure by Sandra Yuter/Rob Wood
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Climatology of open
and closed cellular
regions…role of
deepening-induced
Cu-coupling
vs. drizzle?
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POCS and drizzle – summary
• POCS last for days, and are associated with large cloud droplet effective radius and enhanced drizzle.
• Patchy drizzle evaporation in POCs drives spreading mesoscale cool pools, reinforcing cellular structure
• Drizzle scavenging promotes aerosol depletion in POCs.
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MBL depth, entrainment, and decoupling
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Methodology (Wood, Park, Bretherton)
• Independent observables: LWP, Ttop, SST
• Unknowns: zi, q (= )
• Use COADS climatological surface RH and air-sea temperature difference
• Use NCEP reanalysis free-tropospheric temperature and moisture
• Iterative solution employed to resulting non-linear equation for zi
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Mean MBL depth (Sep/Oct 2000)
NE Pacific SE Pacific
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Mean decoupling parameter q
Decoupling scales well with MBL depth
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q vs zi-zLCL
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Deriving mean entrainment rates
• Use equation: we=uzi+ws
• Estimate ws from NCEP reanalysis
• Estimate uzi from NCEP winds and two
month mean zi
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Mean entrainment ratesEntrainme
nt rate [mm/s]
◄ NE Pacific
SE Pacific ►
Subsidence rate [mm/s]
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Cross section
through SE Pacific
stratocumulus sheet
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Diurnal subsidence
wave - ECMWF• Daytime dry heating leads to ascent over S American continent
• Diurnal wave of large-scale ascent
propagates westwards over the SE Pacific at
30-50 m s-1
• Amplitude 0.3-0.5 cm s-1
• Reaches over 1000 km from the coast,
reaching 90W around 15 hr after leaving
coast
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EPIC 2001 [85W, 20S]Diurnal cycle of subsidence ws, entrainment we, and zi/t
NIGHT DAY NIGHT DAY
ws
we
dzi/dt
we=0.24 cm s-1
ws=0.26 cm s-1
zi/t=0.44 cm
s-1
zi/t + u•zi = we - ws
0.05 cm s-1
Conclusion: Subsidence and entrainment contribute equally to
diurnal cycle of MBL depth