Observational Strategies from the Micro- to Mesoscale

Authors:
  • JBJean-Louis Brenguier
    Jean-Louis Brenguier
  • RWRobert Wood
    Robert Wood
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Abstract
This chapter describes the micro- and mesoscale observational strategies to reduce critical uncertainties in understanding cloud perturbations. The two generic classes of micro- to mesoscale observational strategies, the Eulerian column closure and the Lagrangian cloud system evolution approaches, are described using examples of low-level cloud studies. The chapter also emphasizes the need for better connection between meso- and microscale processes and large-scale information, and the need for consistent multidisciplinary and multiplatform approaches.