Aerosol-Cloud-Drizzle-Turbulence Interactions in Boundary layer Clouds
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The scientific objectives are to: 1) document the structure and characteristics of entrainment circulations in marine stratocumulus and fair-weather-cumuli, 2) characterize the vertical distribution of drizzle and how it relates to cloud and mesoscale circulations; 3) investigate the relative role of cloud thickness, cloud turbulence intensity, and aerosols on drizzle production; 4) study the processing of aerosols by cloud processes; and 5) explore mass, moisture, and aerosol transports across interfacial regions at cloud base and at the capping inversion.
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