Strong cloud–circulation coupling explains weak trade cumulus feedback

R Vogel, AL Albright, J Vial, G George, B Stevens… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Shallow cumulus clouds in the trade-wind regions cool the planet by reflecting solar
radiation. The response of trade cumulus clouds to climate change is a key uncertainty in …

Widespread shallow mesoscale circulations observed in the trades

G George, B Stevens, S Bony, R Vogel… - Nature Geoscience, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding the drivers of cloud organization is crucial for accurately estimating cloud
feedbacks and their contribution to climate warming. Shallow mesoscale circulations are …

Cloud transition across the daily cycle illuminates model responses of trade cumuli to warming

J Vial, AL Albright, R Vogel… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The response of trade cumulus clouds to warming remains a major source of uncertainty for
climate sensitivity. Recent studies have highlighted the role of the cloud–convection …

[HTML][HTML] Nonprecipitating shallow cumulus convection is intrinsically unstable to length scale growth

M Janssens, JVG De Arellano… - Journal of the …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Condensation in cumulus clouds plays a key role in structuring the mean, nonprecipitating
trade wind boundary layer. Here, we summarize how this role also explains the …

A new conceptual picture of the trade wind transition layer

AL Albright, B Stevens, S Bony… - Journal of the …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
The transition layer in the trades has long been observed and simulated, but the physical
processes producing its structure remain little investigated. Using extensive observations …

EUREC4A observations from the SAFIRE ATR42 aircraft

S Bony, M Lothon, J Delanoë, P Coutris… - Earth System …, 2022 - essd.copernicus.org
As part of the EUREC 4 A (Elucidating the role of cloud-circulation coupling in climate) field
campaign, which took place in January and February 2020 over the western tropical Atlantic …

Adjustment of the marine atmospheric boundary-layer to the North Brazil Current during the EUREC4A-OA experiment

H Giordani, C Conejero, L Renault - Dynamics of Atmospheres and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The region of Barbados is characterized by the presence of the North Brazil Current (NBC),
which transports warm water along the Brazilian coasts and creates a large-sale northeast …

[HTML][HTML] Boundary layer moisture variability at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Eastern North Atlantic observatory during marine conditions

MP Cadeddu, VP Ghate, DD Turner… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
Boundary layer moisture variability at the Eastern North Atlantic (ENA) site during marine
conditions is examined at monthly and daily timescales using 5 years of ground-based …

Scale‐by‐scale budget of turbulence kinetic energy in the convective atmospheric boundary layer: Analysis of structure functions

JL Nowak, M Wacławczyk, JC Vassilicos… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate the scale‐by‐scale budget of turbulence kinetic energy in convective
atmospheric boundary layers using airborne measurements performed in the shallow trade …

Connections between sub‐cloud coherent updrafts and the life cycle of maritime shallow cumulus clouds in large eddy simulation

JF Gu, RS Plant, CE Holloway - Journal of Advances in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We develop a novel approach to detect cloud‐subcloud coupling during the cloud life cycle
and analyze a large eddy simulation of marine shallow cumulus based on the Barbados …