Land–atmosphere interactions in the tropics–a review

P Gentine, A Massmann, BR Lintner… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2019 - hess.copernicus.org
The continental tropics play a leading role in the terrestrial energy, water, and carbon cycles.
Land–atmosphere interactions are integral in the regulation of these fluxes across multiple …

Substantial convection and precipitation enhancements by ultrafine aerosol particles

J Fan, D Rosenfeld, Y Zhang, SE Giangrande, Z Li… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Aerosol-cloud interactions remain the largest uncertainty in climate projections. Ultrafine
aerosol particles smaller than 50 nanometers (UAP< 50) can be abundant in the …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the diurnal and semidiurnal cycle of precipitation in CMIP6 models using satellite-and ground-based observations

S Tang, P Gleckler, S Xie, J Lee, MS Ahn… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
The diurnal and semidiurnal cycle of precipitation simulated from CMIP6 models during
1996–2005 are evaluated globally between 60° S and 60° N as well as at 10 selected …

Westward‐propagating moisture mode over the tropical western hemisphere

VC Mayta, ÁF Adames, F Ahmed - Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A westward‐propagating Rossby‐like wave signal is found to explain a large fraction of the
intraseasonal variance in cloud brightness over the Western Hemisphere. A series of …

Improving convection trigger functions in deep convective parameterization schemes using machine learning

T Zhang, W Lin, AM Vogelmann… - Journal of Advances …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Deficiencies in convection trigger functions, used in deep convection parameterizations in
General Circulation Models (GCMs), have critical impacts on climate simulations. A novel …

Is the Madden‐Julian oscillation a moisture mode?

VC Mayta, ÁF Adames Corraliza - Geophysical Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The governing thermodynamics of the Madden‐Julian Oscillation (MJO) is examined using
sounding and reanalysis data. On the basis of four objective criteria, results suggest that the …

Diurnal cycle of precipitation over the tropics and central United States: intercomparison of general circulation models

C Tao, S Xie, HY Ma, P Bechtold, Z Cui… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Diurnal precipitation is a fundamental mode of variability that climate models have difficulty
in accurately simulating. Here the diurnal cycle of precipitation (DCP) in participating climate …

Cloud characteristics, thermodynamic controls and radiative impacts during the Observations and Modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5) …

SE Giangrande, Z Feng, MP Jensen… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
Routine cloud, precipitation and thermodynamic observations collected by the Atmospheric
Radiation Measurement (ARM) Mobile Facility (AMF) and Aerial Facility (AAF) during the 2 …

Understanding the roles of convective trigger functions in the diurnal cycle of precipitation in the NCAR CAM5

Z Cui, GJ Zhang, Y Wang, S Xie - Journal of Climate, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
The wrong diurnal cycle of precipitation is a common weakness of current global climate
models (GCMs). To improve the simulation of the diurnal cycle of precipitation and …

Interpreting the diurnal cycle of clouds and precipitation in the ARM GoAmazon observations: Shallow to deep convection transition

Y Tian, Y Zhang, SA Klein… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon) 2014/5 field campaign data are used to
study the diurnal cycle of clouds and precipitation. Through a careful classification of days …