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Anita Rapp
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Project title: Investigation of the precipitation process in marine stratocumulus clouds.Anita Rapp is a visiting postdoctoral fellow, and is interested in the remote sensing of clouds and precipitation and their application in studying the hydrologic cycle, energy budget, and climate change. Her focus at CIRES is on investigating the precipitation process in marine stratocumulus clouds in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean. Marine stratocumulus clouds play a critical role in our climate system, and recent studies have shown that drizzle from these clouds is much more prevalent than previously thought. However, the conditions under which precipitation forms and the feedback of the precipitation on cloud structure remain poorly understood. Rapp is investigating these clouds through a multi-platform study combining measurements from multiple satellite, surface, ship, and aircraft platforms to perform a comprehensive analysis of drizzling marine stratocumulus clouds in the southeastern Pacific. Office: NOAA DSRC 3B708 |
