"ON THE PATHCHINESS OF RADAR ECHOES IN MARINE STRATUS"

(Paper presented at the AMS Conference on Cloud Physics - Everett, WA August 17-21, 1998)


 Paper from conference proceedings. 


The oral presentation included material beyond what appeared in the printed proceedings.  Slides used in the talk are appended below.  The first part of the presentation was a summary of relevant findings from our paper in the J. Atmos. Sci. 55, 3540-3564, 1998.  The second part of the presentation included new analyses. 


   Title page. 

   Collaborators. 

   Satellite image and photo. 

   LWC profile and size spectra. 

   Typical radar images. 

   Reflectivity profiles and correlation. 

   In situ evidence for drizzle drop correlation with vertical velocity. 

   Main findings in coastal stratus. 

   Patch analysis sample. 

   Results for mid-level in cloud. 

   Results for upper cloud level. 

   Results for random array smoothed 11 pixels.   

   Image of random array. 

   CONCLUSIONS