An aircraft case study of the spatial transition from closed to open mesoscale cellular convection over the Southeast Pacific

Aircraft measurements are presented from the 27/28 October 2008 case study of the VOCALS Regional Experiment (REx) over the remote subtropical southeast Pacific (18° S, 80° W). Data from two aircraft that took measurements approximately twelve hours apart but in the same advected air...

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Main Authors: R. Wood, C. S. Bretherton, D. Leon, A. D. Clarke, P. Zuidema, G. Allen, H. Coe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-03-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/11/2341/2011/acp-11-2341-2011.pdf