1. Compare and Contrast of cloud base height data
A Project for Operational Oceanography
By LCDR Dwight E. Smith Jr.
September 10, 2009

2. Data Collected and Reviewed
Cloud Base Height
Long Wave Radiation
Air Temperature
Upward(Cloud Base Temp) and Downward(Sea Surface Temp) Looking Irradiance
Sea Surface Temperature via “The Boom”
Wind Speed
Relative Humidity

3. SST – Does it have any effect at all?

4. RH – I sense strong correlation

5. Cloud Base Temp – Maybe, Maybe Not…

6. Long Wave Radiation – based on this I should see similar results to the previous slide when compared to CBH

7. A quick conversion and:

8. LW Radiation - Jackpot

9. Wind Direction – Where are the clouds in relation to the wind?

10. Air-Ocean Interaction? (SST-AT)

11. Sensible Heat Flux vs Cloud Base Height

12. Conclusions/Questions