Marine Fog: Modelling and Forecasting

Fog, by definition, occurs when visibility is lower than 1 km. The initiation, development and decay of fog can involve many physical processes and reliable modelling and accurate prediction of occurrence, vertical distribution and visibility limitations are an ongoing challenge. Wood Environmental & Infrastructure (Wood), provide offshore fog forecasts for oil platforms over the Grand Banks. Wood and York University (York) have collaborated on fog studies with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. This model is used world-wide by laboratories, universities and companies. Both Wood and York are collaborators in the upcoming FATIMA (Fog and turbulence interactions in the marine atmosphere) field program in summer 2022. One of the components of that international program is to collect fog data on Sable Island and over the Grand Banks. This will be an excellent opportunity to evaluate our model performance and to improve it using the data collected.

Faculty Supervisor:

Yongsheng Chen;Peter A Taylor

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Partner:

Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Canada Limited

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

York University

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