Abstract: he role of wind speed on shallow marine cumulus convection is explored using large-eddy simulations and concepts from bulk theory. Focusing on cases characteristic of the trades, the equilibrium trade wind layer is found ...

Abstract: he mechanisms that govern the response of shallow cumulus, such as found in the trade wind regions, to a warming of the atmosphere in which large-scale atmospheric processes act to keep relative humidity constant are ...

Abstract: Quantitative estimates of precipitation in a typical undisturbed trade wind region are derived from 2 months of radar reflectivity data and compared to the meteorological environment determined from soundings, surface flux, ...

Abstract: he seasonality in large-scale meteorology and low-level cloud amount (CClow) is explored for a 5° ? 5° area in the North Atlantic trades, using 12 years of ERA-Interim and MODIS data, supported by 2 years of Barbados Cloud ...

Abstract: hree state-of-the-art satellite climatologies are analyzed for their ability to observe light rain from predominantly shallow, warm clouds over the subtropical North Atlantic Ocean trade winds (1998?2005). HOAPS composite ...

Abstract: he present study considers the impact of various choices pertaining to the numerical solution of the governing equations on large-eddy simulation (LES) prediction and the association of these choices with flow physics. ...

Abstract: he signature of aerosols and meteorology on the development of precipitation from shallow cumuli in the trades is investigated with ground-based lidar and radar remote sensing. The measurements are taken from a cloud ...

Abstract: louds over the ocean, particularly throughout the tropics, are poorly understood and drive much of the uncertainty in model-based projections of climate change. In early 2010, the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology and ...

Abstract: The Rain in Cumulus over the Ocean (RICO) field campaign carried out a wide array of educational activities, including a major first in a field project?a complete mission, including research flights, planned and executed ...