Download or read book An Investigation of the Microphysical and Micrometeorological Properties of Sea Fog written by Calspan Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Measurements of the microphysical and micrometeorological characteristics of two fogs occurring at sea 30 nmi off the coast of California were obtained. The fogs exhibited formation features, vertical temperature structure and microphysical characteristics similar to those observed on shore in California coastal fog. One of the fogs formed over cold water, while the other formed over relatively warm water; in each instance, marked visibility improvements were observed at the surface downwind of abrupt gradients in surface water temperature. The observations also show that fog occurrence at the surface at distances exceeding 30 nmi off shore is definitely a diurnal effect and indicate that radiational cooling at the top of the fog is much more important than has been previously considered. (Author).