DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00133.1
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84888068157
论文题名: Cloud response to the meandering Kuroshio Extension front
作者: Tomita H. ; Xie S.-P. ; Tokinaga H. ; Kawai Y.
刊名: Journal of Climate
ISSN: 8948755
出版年: 2013
卷: 26, 期: 23 起始页码: 9393
结束页码: 9398
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Air sea interactions
; Atmosphere-ocean interactions
; Atmospheric response
; Atmospheric sounding
; Kuroshio Extension
; Marine atmospheric boundary layer
; Satellite cloud images
; Stratocumulus clouds
; Clouds
; Meteorological instruments
; Ships
; Ocean currents
; air-sea interaction
; baroclinic mode
; boundary layer
; marine atmosphere
; stratocumulus
; warm water
; Kuroshio Extension
; Pacific Ocean
英文摘要: A unique set of observations on board research vessel (R/V) Mirai in April 2010 captured a striking cloud hole over a cold meander of the Kuroshio Extension (KE) east of Japan as corroborated by atmospheric soundings, ceilometer, shipboard radiation data, and satellite cloud images. Distinct differences were also observed between the warm meander farther to the north and warm water south of the KE. The atmosphere is highly unstable over the warm meander, promoting a well-mixed marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL) and a layer of solid stratocumulus clouds capped by a strong inversion. Over the warm water south of the KE, MABL deepens and is decoupled from the ocean surface. Scattered cumulus clouds develop as captured by rapid variations in ceilometer-derived cloud base. The results show that the meandering KE front affects the entire MABL and the clouds. Such atmospheric response can potentially intensify the baroclinicity in the lower atmosphere. © 2013 American Meteorological Society. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/51518
Appears in Collections: 气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States; International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawai'i at Mãnoa, Honolulu, HI, United States; Research Institute for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine and Earth Science Technology, Yokosuka, Japan
Recommended Citation:
Tomita H.,Xie S.-P.,Tokinaga H.,et al. Cloud response to the meandering Kuroshio Extension front[J]. Journal of Climate,2013-01-01,26(23)