The Monterey Area Ship Track Experiment
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Durkee, Philip A.
Noon, Kevin J.
Bluth, Robert T.
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2000-08-15
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In June 1994 the Monterey Area Ship Track (MAST) experiment was conducted off the coast of California to investigate the processes behind anthropogenic modification of cloud albedo. The motivation for the MAST experiment is described here, as well as details of the experimental design. Measurement platforms and strategies are explained, and a summary of experiment operations is presented. The experiment produced the largest dataset to date of direct measurements of the effects of ships on the microphysics and radiative properties of marine stratocumulus clouds as an analog for the indirect effects of anthropogenic pollution on cloud albedo.
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MAST was principally funded by the Office of Naval Research Accelerated Research Initiative, called the Surface Ship Cloud Effects Project.
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Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 57, 15 August 2000, pp. 2523-2541.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.