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Vertical grid refinement for stratocumulus clouds in the radiation scheme of the global climate model ECHAM6.3-HAM2.3-P3 [PDF]
Geoscientific Model Development, 2021 In this study, we implement a vertical grid refinement scheme in the radiation routine of the global aerosol–climate model ECHAM-HAM, aiming to improve the representation of stratocumulus clouds and address the underestimation of their cloud cover.
P. Pelucchi +3 more
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Environmental Research Letters, 2013 A climatology of low cloud surface precipitation occurrence and intensity from the new CloudSat 2C-RAIN-PROFILE algorithm is presented from June 2006 through December 2010 for the southeastern Pacific region of marine stratocumulus.
Anita D Rapp +2 more
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Evaluating Marine Stratocumulus Clouds in the CNRM‐CM6‐1 Model Using Short‐Term Hindcasts
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2019 The representation of stratocumulus by the atmospheric component of the Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques model version 6 (CNRM‐CM6‐1) is assessed.
Florent Brient +2 more
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First Observational Perspectives of “Millipede Clouds” Over the Eastern Pacific Ocean
Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 The fundamental features of one kind of rarely known stratocumulus, which was termed as “Millipede Cloud,” occurred over the Eastern Pacific Ocean in 2017 were first documented by using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite ...
G. Fu +5 more
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On the role of the stratiform cloud scheme in the inter‐model spread of cloud feedback
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2017 This study explores the role of the stratiform cloud scheme in the inter‐model spread of cloud feedback. Six diagnostic cloud schemes used in various CMIP (Coupled Model Intercomparison Experiment] climate models are implemented (at low and midlevels ...
O. Geoffroy, S. C. Sherwood, D. Fuchs
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Competing Effects of Droplet Sedimentation and Wind Shear on Entrainment in Stratocumulus
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2019 The joint effect of droplet sedimentation and wind shear on cloud top entrainment in stratocumulus is investigated with direct numerical simulations. Although it is well understood that droplet sedimentation weakens entrainment while wind shear enhances ...
Bernhard Schulz, Juan Pedro Mellado
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Simulation of Mesoscale Cellular Convection in Marine Stratocumulus: 2. Nondrizzling Conditions
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2019 This is the second of two large‐eddy simulation studies on the mechanisms of mesoscale cellular organization in drizzling (open cells) and nondrizzling marine stratocumulus (closed cells).
Xiaoli Zhou, Christopher S. Bretherton
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Environmental Research Communications, 2023 In the Earth system models (ESMs) participating in the Coupled Models Intercomparison Project phase 6 (CMIP6), the tropical low-cloud feedback is 50% more positive than its predecessors (CMIP5) and continues to dominate the spread in simulated climate ...
G V Cesana +4 more
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Cloud regimes as phase transitions
Geophysical Research Letters, 2016 Clouds are repeatedly identified as a leading source of uncertainty in future climate predictions. Of particular importance are stratocumulus clouds, which can appear as either (i) closed cells that reflect solar radiation back to space or (ii) open ...
Samuel N. Stechmann, Scott Hottovy
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Network approach to patterns in stratocumulus clouds [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2017 Significance Large parts of the subtropical oceans are covered by stratocumulus (Sc) cloud decks that self-organize into honeycomb-like hexagonal patterns. These clouds cool the planet by reflecting solar radiation. Sc patterns are controlled by processes from the micrometer to the kilometer scale.
Franziska Glassmeier, Graham Feingold
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