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Radiation in Marine Fog

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Marine Fog: Challenges and Advancements in Observations, Modeling, and Forecasting

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Studies on the role of radiation on the formation, evolution and dissipation of marine fog are introduced. Cooling of the air above colder sea surface can be caused by longwave radiative flux divergence and if this cooling is strong enough water vapor saturation can occur to form advection fog. Once fog droplets are formed, fog top radiative cooling due to outgoing longwave radiation plays a significant role in developing the fog layer. The dependency of longwave radiation on the fog microphysics is also examined. Contrary to longwave radiation, solar warming is found to be a main cause of fog dissipation.

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This work was funded by the Korea Meteorological Administration Research and Development Program under Grant KMIPA2015-2061.

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  1. New and Renewable Energy Resource Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34129, South Korea

    Chang Ki Kim

  2. Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, South Korea

    Seong Soo Yum

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  1. Faculty of Science Department of Physics, University of Split, Split, Croatia

    Darko Koračin

  2. Integrative Oceanography Division Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA

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Kim, C.K., Yum, S.S. (2017). Radiation in Marine Fog. In: Koračin, D., Dorman, C. (eds) Marine Fog: Challenges and Advancements in Observations, Modeling, and Forecasting. Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45229-6_5

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