Aircraft Observations of Turbulence in Cloudy and Cloud Free Boundary Layers Over the Western North Atlantic Ocean From ACTIVATE and Implications for the Earth System Model Evaluation and Development

Brunke, Michael A. and Cutler, Lauren and Urzua, Rodrigo Delgado and Corral, Andrea F. and Crosbie, Ewan C. and Hair, Johnathan and Hostetler, Chris and Kirschler, Simon and Larson, Vincent and Li, Xiang‐Yu and Ma, Po‐Lun and Minke, Annalisa and Moore, Richard H. and Robinson, Claire E. and Scarino, Amy Jo and Schlosser, Joseph and Shook, Michael and Sorooshian, Armin and Lee Thornhill, Kenneth and Voigt, Christiane and Wan, Hui and Wang, Hailong and Winstead, Edward and Zeng, Xubin and Zhang, Shixuan and Ziemba, Luke D. (2022) Aircraft Observations of Turbulence in Cloudy and Cloud Free Boundary Layers Over the Western North Atlantic Ocean From ACTIVATE and Implications for the Earth System Model Evaluation and Development. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127 (19), pp. 1-24. Wiley. doi: 10.1029/2022JD036480. ISSN 0148-0227.

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Abstract

This study examines boundary layer turbulence derived from high temporal resolution meteorological measurements from 40 research flights over the western North Atlantic Ocean during the 2020 deployments of ACTIVATE. Frequency distributions of various turbulent quantities reveal stronger turbulence during the winter deployment than in summer and for cloud-topped than in cloud-free boundary layers during the summer deployment. Maximum turbulence kinetic energy is most often within cloud from observations in winter and summer, whereas it is mostly below cloud in both seasons by a global model turbulence parameterization.

Item URL in elib:

https://elib.dlr.de/191107/

Document Type:

Article

Title:

Aircraft Observations of Turbulence in Cloudy and Cloud Free Boundary Layers Over the Western North Atlantic Ocean From ACTIVATE and Implications for the Earth System Model Evaluation and Development

Authors:

Authors	Institution or Email of Authors	Author's ORCID iD	ORCID Put Code
Brunke, Michael A.	University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Cutler, Lauren	University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Urzua, Rodrigo Delgado	University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Corral, Andrea F.	University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Crosbie, Ewan C.	NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Hair, Johnathan	NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Hostetler, Chris	NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Kirschler, Simon	DLR, IPA	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4232-8277	148009750
Larson, Vincent	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Li, Xiang‐Yu	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Ma, Po‐Lun	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Minke, Annalisa	University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Moore, Richard H.	NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Robinson, Claire E.	Science Systems and Applications Inc, Hampton, VA, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Scarino, Amy Jo	NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Schlosser, Joseph	University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Shook, Michael	NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Sorooshian, Armin	University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Lee Thornhill, Kenneth	NASANASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Voigt, Christiane	DLR, IPA	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8925-7731	UNSPECIFIED
Wan, Hui	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Wang, Hailong	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Winstead, Edward	NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Zeng, Xubin	University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Zhang, Shixuan	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Ziemba, Luke D.	NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED

Date:

15 September 2022

Journal or Publication Title:

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Refereed publication:

Yes

Open Access:

Yes

Gold Open Access:

In SCOPUS:

Yes

In ISI Web of Science:

Yes

Volume:

127

DOI:

10.1029/2022JD036480

Page Range:

pp. 1-24

Publisher:

Wiley

ISSN:

0148-0227

Status:

Published

Keywords:

turbulence, clouds

HGF - Research field:

Aeronautics, Space and Transport

HGF - Program:

Aeronautics

HGF - Program Themes:

Air Transportation and Impact

DLR - Research area:

Aeronautics

DLR - Program:

L AI - Air Transportation and Impact

DLR - Research theme (Project):

L - Climate, Weather and Environment, R - Project MABAK

Location:

Oberpfaffenhofen

Institutes and Institutions:

Institute of Atmospheric Physics > Cloud Physics

Deposited By:

Voigt, Dr.rer.nat. Christiane

Deposited On:

30 Nov 2022 12:49

Last Modified:

04 Dec 2023 10:00

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