Role of drizzle and mesoscale organization in determining cloud characteristics

The VOCALS (VAMOS Ocean Cloud Atmosphere Land Study) Regional Experiment took place during October and November of 2008 in the South-Eastern Pacific (SEP) off the Chilean coast. The SEP region is home to a large, semi-permanent area of stratocumulus, within which there are clear signatures of embedded mesoscale organization and drizzle. These signatures become more pronounced in the deeper boundary layer further to the West.