Title: THE OBSERVATION AND ANALYSIS OF A SEA FOG EVENT IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
Abstract: The large scale synoptic background,boundary layer structure and microphysical characteristics of a sustained sea fog event that occurred in the north part of the South China Sea are analyzed by using field observation and NCEP re-analysis data. The results show that this sea fog event is accompanied by a southwest vortex that develops and moves to the south,when a warm and humid air flow continuously transports into the South China Sea with stable stratification in high level. Under such special synoptic situation,the fog is thinner in the daytime than in the nighttime. Fog microphysics structure is closely related to fog development,and fog droplets are much larger in the initial stage. During the period of upward development and vertical mixing of fog,fog droplets have local features and begin evaporating.
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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