As a part of the Wind Forecast Improvement Project 3 (WFIP3), we are studying the interactions between marine atmospheric boundary layer temperature/moisture gradients, near-surface winds, and low clouds (stratocumulus and cumulus) associated with frontal systems in the Northeast U.S. We are also leading the WFIP3 effort of collecting observations of the atmosphere via atmospheric soundings (temperature, humidity, winds, pressure) both from Woods Hole and from quarterly cruises run by The Northeast U.S. Shelf (NES) Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) project.

More information about WFIP3 is here: https://www2.whoi.edu/site/wfip3/ and LTER is here: https://nes-lter.whoi.edu/.