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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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Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2021 We explore the decoupling physics of a stratocumulus-topped boundary layer (STBL) moving over cooler water, a situation mimicking the warm air advection (WADV).
Youtong Zheng +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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Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2020 . The rapid adjustment, or semi-direct effect, of marine stratocumulus clouds to elevated layers of absorbing aerosols may enhance or dampen the radiative effect of aerosol–radiation interactions.
R. Herbert +3 more
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Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2021 . Extensive regions of marine boundary layer cloud impact the radiative balance through their significant shortwave albedo while having little impact on outgoing longwave radiation.
M. Jensen +7 more
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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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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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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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Cloud and boundary layer interactions over the Arctic sea ice in late summer [PDF]
, 2013 Observations from the Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS), in the central Arctic sea-ice pack in late summer 2008, provide a detailed view of cloud- atmosphere-surface interactions and vertical mixing processes over the sea-ice environment ...
Brooks, IM +7 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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