Abstract: Cloud-resolving model simulations of radiative?convective equilibrium are conducted in both two and three dimensions (2D and 3D) to examine the effect of dimensionality on the equilibrium statistics. Convection is forced ...

Abstract: Conflicting claims have been made concerning the magnitude of the bias in solar radiative transfer calculations when horizontal photon transport is neglected for deep convective scenarios. The difficulty of obtaining a ...

Abstract: A set of five-member ensemble forecasts initialized daily for 48 days during the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean?Atmosphere Response Experiment period are performed with the ECMWF monthly forecasting system ...

Abstract: Gravity-current models have been used for many years to describe the cold pools of low-level air that are generated by cumulonimbus precipitation. More recently, it has been realized that surface fluxes of heat and water ...

Abstract: Scientific background and motivation for the JET2000 aircraft observing campaign that took place in West Africa during the last week of August 2000 are presented. The Met Research Flight C130 aircraft made two flights along ...

Abstract: The Cloudnet project aims to provide a systematic evaluation of clouds in forecast and climate models by comparing the model output with continuous ground-based observations of the vertical profiles of cloud properties. ...