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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Koračin, Darko (Editor), Dorman, Clive E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Atmospheric Sciences,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Oceanography.; Natural disasters.; Coasts.; Atmospheric sciences.; Environmental sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Coastal Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Environmental Physics.

This volume presents the history of marine fog research and applications, and discusses the physical processes leading to fog's formation, evolution, and dissipation. A special emphasis will be on the challenges and advancements of fog observation and modeling as well as on efforts toward opera...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Worldwide Marine Fog Occurrence and Climatology
• Early and Recent Observational Techniques for Fog
• Turbulence in Marine Fog
• Radiation in Marine Fog
• Synoptic processes
• Marine Fog: A Review on Microphysics and Visibility Prediction
• Precipitation and Fog
• Modeling and Forecasting Marine Fog
• Ensemble Fog Prediction
• Multi-spectral Remote Sensing of Sea Fog with Simultaneous Passive Infrared and Microwave Sensors.