Convective self-aggregation feedbacks in near-global cloud-resolving simulations of an aquaplanet

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1765-1787

  Bretherton, Christopher S ^a   Khairoutdinov, Marat F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cloud radiation interaction; cloud resolving modeling; convective organization; convective self aggregation; surface energy fluxes; tropical channel

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUDGET CONTROL; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FEEDBACK; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEAT FLUX; HUMIDITY CONTROL; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS; WHITE NOISE;

CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; CLOUD-RADIATION INTERACTIONS; SELF AGGREGATION; SURFACE ENERGY FLUXES; TROPICAL CHANNEL;

AGGLOMERATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CUMULUS; ENERGY FLUX; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HUMIDITY; PARAMETERIZATION; PERTURBATION; SIMULATION; SURFACE ENERGY;

PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 84959472519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015MS000499     Document Type: Article

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