The Small Cumulus Microphysics Study took place over a six-week period through July
and
August in east-central Florida during the summer, 1995. The project utilized three
aircraft and two cloud radars to study the evolution of cumulus clouds in their
earliest stages to shed light on questions concerning the onset of coalescence and
the
development of drizzle through warm processes. Of particluar interest to SCMS
investigators included the role of entrainment/mixing on the microphysical evolution
of
these clouds and the impact of ultra-giant aerosols (UGA) on the formation of
drizzle.
3 penetrations from cloud C5 on 5 August
3 penetrations from cloud C9 on 5 AugustFrench, J. R., G. Vali, and R. D. Kelly, 1999: Evolution of small cumulus clouds in Florida: Observations of pulsating growth. in print Atmos. Res.
French, J. R., G. Vali, and R. D. Kelly, 1999: Observations of microphsysics pertaining to the development of drizzle in warm, shallow cumulus clouds. submitted to Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. (view/download pdf)
French, J. R., 1998: Observations of small cumuli with an airborne radar and instrumented aircraft. Ph. D. Dissertation, Dept. of Atmos. Sci., University of Wyoming., 121 pp.
French, J. R., 1998: Observations pertaining to the development of large cloud droplets in warm cumuli. Preprints, Conference on cloud physics, Evertt, Washington, 482-485. (view/download pdf)
French, J. R., G. Vali, R. D Kelly, D. Leon, S. Haimov, M. Wolde, A. Pazmany, J. Mead, R. Micntosh, and J. Galloway, 1997: Pulsating growth of small cumuli observed with a 95 GHz airborne doppler radar. Preprints, 28th conference on radar meteorology, Austin, Texas, 111-112 . (view/download)