Understanding Mesoscale Aggregation of Shallow Cumulus Convection Using Large‐Eddy Simulation
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DOI: 10.1002/2017ms000981
Abstract: Marine shallow cumulus convection, often mixed with thin stratocumulus, is commonly aggregated into mesoscale patches. The mechanism and conditions supporting this aggregation are elucidated using 36-hour large-eddy simulations (LES) on a 128 × 128 km… read more here.
Keywords: large eddy; aggregation; cumulus convection; shallow cumulus ... See more keywords
Mechanisms and Model Diversity of Trade-Wind Shallow Cumulus Cloud Feedbacks: A Review
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DOI: 10.1007/s10712-017-9418-2
Abstract: Shallow cumulus clouds in the trade-wind regions are at the heart of the long standing uncertainty in climate sensitivity estimates. In current climate models, cloud feedbacks are strongly influenced by cloud-base cloud amount in the… read more here.
Keywords: shallow cumulus; cloud feedbacks; cloud base; trade ... See more keywords
Turbulence Effects on Precipitation and Cloud Radiative Properties in Shallow Cumulus: an Investigation Using the WRF-LES Model Coupled with Bin Microphysics
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DOI: 10.1007/s13143-018-0012-4
Abstract: Using the large-eddy simulation version of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model coupled with a detailed bin microphysics scheme, the effects of turbulence-induced collision enhancement (TICE) on precipitation and cloud radiative properties in shallow… read more here.
Keywords: cloud radiative; radiative properties; shallow cumulus; properties shallow ... See more keywords
A laboratory analogy for mixing by shallow cumulus convection
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DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2025.173
Abstract: Abstract Shallow cumuli are cloud towers that extend a few kilometres above the atmospheric boundary layer without significant precipitation. We present a novel laboratory experiment, boiling stratified flow, as an analogy to study turbulent mixing… read more here.
Keywords: layer; cumulus convection; analogy; syrup layer ... See more keywords
Understanding Negative Subtropical Shallow Cumulus Cloud Feedbacks in a Near‐Global Aquaplanet Model Using Limited Area Cloud‐Resolving Simulations
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DOI: 10.1029/2018ms001572
Abstract: Limited area cloud‐resolving model (CRM) simulations called LASAM are used to reproduce and understand negative subtropical shallow cumulus cloud feedbacks in a near‐global aquaplanet CRM (NGAqua) with 4‐K sea surface temperature (SST) warming. NGAqua spans… read more here.
Keywords: area; cumulus; cloud; radiative cooling ... See more keywords
On the Relationship Between Shallow Cumulus Cloud Field Properties and Surface Solar Irradiance
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DOI: 10.1029/2020gl090152
Abstract: Shallow cumulus clouds exhibit highly three‐dimensional (3‐D) spatial structure leading to complex variability in the surface solar irradiance (SSI) beneath. This variability is captured by the typically bimodal shape of the SSI probability density function… read more here.
Keywords: solar irradiance; surface solar; field properties; shallow cumulus ... See more keywords
Predicting the Evolution of Shallow Cumulus Clouds With a Lotka‐Volterra Like Model
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DOI: 10.1029/2023ms003739
Abstract: In numerical weather prediction and climate models, boundary‐layer clouds are controlled by a wide range of subgrid‐scale processes. However, understanding the nature of these processes and their role in the evolution of the cloud size… read more here.
Keywords: evolution; lotka volterra; model; cloud size ... See more keywords
A Theory for the Spurious Pressure Waves in Compressible Large Eddy Simulations of Shallow Cumulus Clouds
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DOI: 10.1029/2025gl118786
Abstract: Large‐eddy simulation (LES) has been an indispensable modeling tool for the study of shallow cumulus (ShCu) clouds. However, a recent study uncovered omnipresent spurious pressure waves around simulated ShCu clouds by three compressible community LES… read more here.
Keywords: pressure; large eddy; spurious pressure; pressure waves ... See more keywords
Direct and Diffuse Radiation in the Shallow Cumulus–Vegetation System: Enhanced and Decreased Evapotranspiration Regimes
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DOI: 10.1175/jhm-d-16-0279.1
Abstract: AbstractGuided by a holistic approach, the combined effects of direct and diffuse radiation on the atmospheric boundary layer dynamics over vegetated land are investigated on a daily scale. Three numerical experiments are designed that are… read more here.
Keywords: diffuse; shallow cumulus; diffuse radiation; radiation shallow ... See more keywords
Shallow Cumulus in WRF Parameterizations Evaluated against LASSO Large-Eddy Simulations
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DOI: 10.1175/mwr-d-18-0115.1
Abstract: Representation of shallow cumulus is a challenge for mesoscale numerical weather prediction models. These cloud fields have important effects on temperature, solar irradiance, convective initiation, and pollutant transport, among other processes. Recent improvements to physics… read more here.
Keywords: large eddy; eddy simulations; shallow cumulus; physics ... See more keywords
Multilayer cloud conditions in trade wind shallow cumulus – confronting two ICON model derivatives with airborne observations
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DOI: 10.5194/gmd-13-5757-2020
Abstract: Abstract. Airborne remote sensing observations over the tropical Atlantic Ocean upstream of Barbados are used to characterize trade wind shallow cumulus clouds and to benchmark two cloud-resolving ICON (ICOsahedral Nonhydrostatic) model simulations at kilometer and… read more here.
Keywords: shallow cumulus; multilayer cloud; model; wind shallow ... See more keywords