Inthispaper,aheavyseafogeventoccurringovertheYellowSeaon11April2004wasinvestigatedbaseduponobservationalandmodelinganalyses.Fromtheobservationalanalyses,thisseafogeventisatypicaladvectioncoolingcase.Seasurfacetemperature(SST)andspecifichumidity(SH)showstronggradientsfromsouthtonorth,inwhichwarmwaterislocatedinthesouthandconsequently,moistureislargerinthesouththaninthenorthduetoevaporationprocesses.Afterfogformation,evaporationprocessprovidesmoremoistureintotheairandfurthercontributestofogevolution.TheseafogeventwasreproducedbytheRegionalAtmosphericModelingSystem(RAMS)reasonably.Therolesofimportantphysicalprocessessuchasradiation,turbulenceaswellasatmosphericstratificationinseafog’sstructureanditsformationmechanismswereanalyzedusingthemodelresults.Therolesoflongwaveradiationcooling,turbulenceaswellasatmosphericstratificationwereanalyzedbasedonthemodelingresults.Itisfoundthatthelongwaveradiativecoolingatthefogtopplaysanimportantroleincoolingdownthefoglayerthroughturbulencemixing.Thefogtopcoolingcanoverpowerwarmingfromthesurface.Seafogdevelopsupwardwiththeaidofturbulence.Thebuoyancyterm,i.e.,theunstablelayer,contributestothegenerationofTKEinthefogregion.However,thetemperatureinversionlayerpreventsfogfromgrowingupward.
