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The finescale structure and dynamics of cumulus, evolving from shallow to deep convection, and the accompanying changes in the environment and boundary layer over mountainous terrain were the subjects of a field campaign in July-August 2006. Few measurements exist of the transport of boundary layer air into the deep troposphere by the orographic toroidal circulation and orographic convection. The campaign was conducted over the Santa Catalina Mountains in southern Arizona, a natural laboratory to study convection, given the spatially and temporally regular development of cumulus driven by elevated heating and convergent boundary layer flow. Cumuli and their environment were sampled via coordinated observations from the surface, radiosonde balloons, and aircraft, along with airborne radar data and stereophotogrammetry from two angles. The collected dataset is expected to yield new insights in the boundary layer processes leading to orographic convection, in the cumulus-induced transport of boundary layer air into the troposphere, and in fundamental cumulus dynamics. This article summarizes the motivations, objectives, experimental strategies, preliminary findings, and the potential research paths stirred by the project. INSET: STEREO PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ANALYSIS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

States that the diversity of small lakes' configurations, sizes, surrounding terrain, and land use combined with relative sparsity of observations complicates the observational evaluation of the lake breezes (LB) that are induced by these lakes. Examination of observational data obtained from available documents, data archives, and special projects.

In this note the forcing of cumulus cloud clearing over and downwind from lakes during the warm season is evaluated conceptually by modeling and observational approaches. It is suggested that drying by dynamically induced subsidence and suppression of the CBL over the lake mutually contribute to the cloud clearing. The effect of background flow speed and the extent of potential clearing area is illustrated. Various implications of the cloud clearing are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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