ESCAPE: Experiment of Sea Breeze Convection, Aerosols, Precipitation, and Environment
Summary
Convective clouds play an important role in the Earth’s climate system as a driver of large-scale circulations and a primary mechanism for the transport of heat, moisture, aerosols, and momentum throughout the troposphere. Despite their climatic importance, multi-scale models continue to have persistent biases produced by an inadequate representation of convective clouds. To increase our understanding of convective cloud lifecycles and aerosol-convection interactions, we propose a field experiment in the Houston area that will use high-definition radar-based observations and the NSF/NCAR C-130 to track the lifecycle of a large number of convective cells.
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Additional information
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Temporal coverage
| Begin Date | 2022-05-10 00:00:00 |
| End Date | 2022-07-10 23:59:59 |
Spatial coverage
Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.
Maximum (North) Latitude:
35.00,
Minimum (South) Latitude:
25.00
Minimum (West) Longitude:
-100.00,
Maximum (East) Longitude:
-90.00