The Interaction Between Propagating Disturbances and Supercritical Marine Layers on the West Coast of the United States

Abstract

LONG-TERM GOALSIn the future, we hope to expand our investigations into the dynamics and clouds of the marine layer. We wish to investigate the relationship between the large scale, upper atmospheric forcing and the marine boundary layer response and the formation of low clouds and fog. OBJECTIVESThe major objective is to develop a description of the summer marine boundary layer along the west coast. The data captured, and the description will be used to investigate coastally trapped waves in the marine layer, the nature of turbulence, the roll of gravity waves in the near shore, and the extent of supercriticallity in the marine layer.