Implications of Warm Rain in Shallow Cumulus and Congestus Clouds for Large-Scale Circulations

Space-borne observations reveal that 20–40% of marine convective clouds below the freezing level produce rain. In this paper we speculate what the prevalence of warm rain might imply for convection and large-scale circulations over tropical oceans. We present results using a two-column radiative–con...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nuijens, Louise, Masunaga, Hirohiko, L’Ecuyer, Tristan, Emanuel, Kerry Andrew
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Published: Springer-Verlag 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118189
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2066-2082