The radiative properties of marine stratocumulus, which affect the global climate, are influenced by a number of factors including aerosols, the temperature profile, the presence of drizzle, the surface heat flux and the entrainment of warm dry air from above the cloud layer. As part of VOCALS-UK we are investigating the effects of these different factors on the small scale structure and microphysics of marine stratocumulus, and hence on its radiative properties, by using the Met Office Large Eddy Model. The model simulations are validated against measurements from the BAe-146 research aircraft obtained during the VOCALS field campaign, over the southeast Pacific in October and November 2008, and the relative contributions of the different factors are then analyzed by using the 'factorial' method of Teller and Levin.

Previously curated at: http://cedadocs.ceda.ac.uk/344/ Event type: conference. The publish date on this item was its original completed date. This work was funded by: Natural Environment Research Council, UK. This item was not refereed before the publication Associated projects: VOCALS-UK Main files in this record: Peter_Cook_poster10_2009.pdf Item originally deposited with Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) document repository by Dr Peter A. Cook. Transferred to CEDA document repository community on Zenodo on 2022-11-24