The structure of the marine inversion layer off the central California coast: mesoscale conditions

Abstract

Data collected on board an instrumented aircraft during the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiments, West Coast (MABLES WC) field study are examined. The data were collected at several levels in the marine and inversion layers approximately 200 km west of the central California coast during August 1978. Composite soundings and cross sections of wind and temperature variables are presented to provide an overview of the mesoscale structure of the offshore marine and inversion layers at the time of MABLES WC. -from Authors