The fog remote sensing and modeling (FRAM) project will
be performed over Ontario and Nova Scotia provinces of Canada
to study fog and low level clouds using observations from
various instruments including fog measuring device, PCASP
aerosol probe, ice particle counters, ice particle imaging
camera, visibility meter, and ceilometer, microwave radiometers,
and poss/hot plates. Conventional measurements of temperature,
relative humidity, and wind measurements will also be collected
during project.
In addition to the above observations, the GOES and MODIS
satellite observations will be collected to study the fog
microphysics and its forecasting. Based on these satellites,
the retrievals of microphysical parameters will be developed.
If a deep fog/low level cloud system occurs, CloudSat data
will be integrated to other observations to study fog formation/development.
The CloudSat data will be utilized if a vertical extent
of fog/low clouds is more than a few hundred meters.
During field program the operational regional GEM (15 km
resolution)/GEM-LAM (2.5 km), and 1-D fog model called COBEL
will be utilized for fog forecasting/nowcasting. The outputs
from the model runs will be archived for validation purposes.
