An Observational Case Study of Persistent Fog and Comparison with an Ensemble Forecast Model

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 301-327

  Price, Jeremy ^a   Porson, Aurore ^a   Lock, Adrian ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fog; Fog modelling; MOGREPS UK; Observations; Stable boundary layer; Stratus fog; Visibility

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; DEPOSITION; LIQUIDS; VISIBILITY;

DROPLET DEPOSITION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MOGREPS; OBSERVATIONS; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER;

FOG;

EID: 84939969850     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: 15731472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-014-9995-2     Document Type: Article

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