Air Pollution and Radiation-Fog within the Central Valley, CA

Falling levels of air pollution drove decline in California's tule fog
(Kara MANKE, Berkeley News; April 10, 2019)
https://news.berkeley.edu/2019/04/10/falling-levels-of-air-pollution-drove-decline-in-californias-tule-fog/


N. B.:  "Tule fog" that occurs within the Central Valley, CA during winter is generally known as "Radiation fog"

Selected Research Articles:


Wintertime water-soluble aerosol composition and particle water content in Fresno, CA
(PARWORTH et al., 2017)

Winter fog is decreasing in the fruit growing region of the Central Valley of California
(BALDOCCHI and WALLER, 2014)
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/2014GL060018

A Multiple-Case Analysis of  Nocturnal Radiation-Fog Development in the Central Valley of California Utilizing the GOES Nighttime Fog Product
(UNDERWOOD et al., 2004)
https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0450(2004)043%3C0297%3AAMAONR%3E2.0.CO%3B2

A field investigation of physical and chemical mechanisms affecting pollutant concentrations in fog droplets (JACOB et al., 1984)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1600-0889.1984.tb00247.x


Video:


What is fog?  (Met Office - Learn About Weather; May 22, 2017)



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