A multi-satellite perspective on “hot tower” characteristics in the equatorial trough zone

J Pilewskie, G Stephens, H Takahashi… - Surveys in Geophysics, 2024 - Springer
Abstract In 1979, Herbert Riehl and Joanne Simpson (Malkus) analytically estimated that
1600–2400 undilute convective cores vertically transport energy to the tropopause at any …

Tropical Deep Convection, Cloud Feedbacks and Climate Sensitivity

GL Stephens, KA Shiro, MZ Hakuba, H Takahashi… - Surveys in …, 2024 - Springer
This paper is concerned with how the diabatically-forced overturning circulations of the
atmosphere, established by the deep convection within the tropical trough zone (TTZ), first …

Aerosol-Induced Changes in Atmospheric and Oceanic Heat Transports in the CESM2 Large Ensemble

MR Needham, T Cox, DA Randall - Journal of Climate, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
The total poleward energy transport (PET) is set by the top of atmosphere radiation flux and
is therefore sensitive to any process which can alter those fluxes, particularly in the …

Linking atmospheric cloud radiative effects and tropical precipitation

MR Needham, DA Randall - Geophysical Research Letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Studies in recent decades have demonstrated a robust relationship between tropical
precipitation and column relative humidity (CRH). The present study identifies a similar …

Longwave radiative feedback due to stratiform and anvil clouds

E Luschen, J Ruppert - Geophysical Research Letters, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Studies have implicated the importance of longwave (LW) cloud‐radiative forcing (CRF) in
facilitating or accelerating the upscale development of tropical moist convection. While …

The Stratiform Radiation Effect on Tropical Organized Deep Convection

E Luschen, JH Ruppert, SN Wu… - AGU Fall Meeting …, 2023 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
Self-aggregation studies have implicated the importance of longwave (LW) cloud-radiative
forcing (CRF) in facilitating the upscale development of convection. Observational and …

Characterizing deep convective cloud properties and their energetic impacts in satellite observations

JA Pilewskie - 2023 - minds.wisconsin.edu
Because atmospheric deep convection plays an important role in influencing Earth's global
energy budget, it is increasingly important to consider how deep convective cloud and …

Linking Atmospheric Cloud Radiative Effects, Tropical Precipitation, and Column Relative Humidity

MR Needham, DA Randall - Authorea Preprints, 2022 - essopenarchive.org
Work in recent decades has demonstrated a robust relationship between tropical
precipitation and the column relative humidity (CRH). This study identifies a similar …