Ocean-Land Contrast of the Precipitation Development in view of the Cloud Top Height

• 作 者: KAWAMOTOKazuaki[1]SUZUKIKentaroh[2]
• 机 构: Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Studies, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 8528521, Japan
• 出 处: Sixth China-Korea-Japan Joint Conference on Meteorology(第六届中
• 发表日期: 2013年期

　　Transitional processes among cloud droplets, drizzle and raindrops are still uncertain and more efforts are required for the better understanding.In this situation, difference in the drizzle growth process was examined according to the cloud top height using the CloudSat and MODIS synergetic datasets.From the CloudSat products such as 2B-GEOPROF, 2B-TAU, ECMWF-AUX, only one-layered water clouds whose top temperatures were warmer than 273K were extracted over China (a circular area having a diameter of 1800km of the center at 35°N and 120°E) and over ocean (a circular area having a diameter of 1500km of the center at 35°N and 150°E).