Articles | Volume 24, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-6809-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-6809-2024
Research article
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13 Jun 2024
Research article |  | 13 Jun 2024

Effects of radiative cooling on advection fog over the northwest Pacific Ocean: observations and large-eddy simulations

Liu Yang, Saisai Ding, Jing-Wu Liu, and Su-Ping Zhang

Data sets

The ERA5 global reanalysis (https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/dataset/reanalysis-era5-pressure-levels?tab=form) H. Hersbach et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3803

ICOADS release 2.1 data and products (https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds548.0/) S. J. Worley et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.1166

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Advection fog occurs when warm and moist air moves over a cold sea surface. In this situation, the temperature of the foggy air usually drops below the sea surface temperature (SST), particularly at night. High-resolution simulations show that the cooling effect of longwave radiation from the top of the fog layer permeates through the fog, resulting in a cooling of the surface air below SST. This study emphasizes the significance of monitoring air temperature to enhance sea fog forecasting.
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