Network approach to patterns in stratocumulus clouds. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 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.
Glassmeier F, Feingold G.
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The Spiderweb Structure of Stratocumulus Clouds [PDF]
Atmosphere, 2020 Stratocumulus clouds have a distinctive structure composed of a combination of lumpy cellular structures and thin elongated regions, resembling canyons or slits.
Georgios Matheou +2 more
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Comparison of a global-climate model to a cloud-system resolving model for the long-term response of thin stratocumulus clouds to preindustrial and present-day aerosol conditions [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2010 The response of a case of thin, warm marine-boundary-layer (MBL) clouds to preindustrial (PI) and present-day (PD) conditions is simulated by a cloud-system resolving model (CSRM).
S. S. Lee, J. E. Penner
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Resolving Droplet Sedimentation Effects in Stratocumulus Clouds
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth SystemsWe use direct numerical simulations to quantify the effects that droplet sedimentation has on the stratocumulus‐topped boundary layer. Our analysis includes both ends of the length‐scale spectrum that are deemed important for representing turbulence in ...
Raphael Pistor, Juan Pedro Mellado
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Life cycle of stratocumulus clouds over 1 year at the coast of the Atacama Desert [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2022 Marine stratocumulus clouds of the eastern Pacific play an essential role in the earth's energy and radiation budget. Parts of these clouds off the western coast of South America form the major source of water to the hyperarid Atacama Desert coastal ...
J. H. Schween +8 more
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Influences of an entrainment–mixing parameterization on numerical simulations of cumulus and stratocumulus clouds [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2022 Different entrainment–mixing processes can occur in clouds; however, a homogeneous mixing mechanism is often implicitly assumed in most commonly used microphysics schemes.
X. Xu +10 more
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Monthly Weather Review, 2012 Abstract This paper reviews the current knowledge of the climatological, structural, and organizational aspects of stratocumulus clouds and the physical processes controlling them. More of Earth’s surface is covered by stratocumulus clouds than by any other cloud type making them extremely important for Earth’s energy balance, primarily ...
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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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Stratocumulus and cumulus microphysics and the influencing factors
暴雨灾害, 2021 This study examined the aircraft observations in stratocumulus and cumulus during the Routine AAF (Atmospheric Radiation Measurement[ARM] Aerial Facility) Clouds with Low Optical Water Depths (CLOWD) Optical Radiative Observations (RACORO) field campaign
Yi ZHANG +4 more
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New insights on the prevalence of drizzle in marine stratocumulus clouds based on a machine learning algorithm applied to radar Doppler spectra [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2022 The detection of the early growth of drizzle particles in marine stratocumulus clouds is important for studying the transition from cloud water to rainwater. Radar reflectivity is commonly used to detect drizzle; however, its utility is limited to larger
Z. Zhu +4 more
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