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On the reversibility of transitions between closed and open cellular convection
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Boulder, Colorado, USA
Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel
T. Yamaguchi
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Boulder, Colorado, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Boulder, Colorado, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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Most research on the relationship between aerosol and closed/open cell transitions tends to focus on the closed to open transition. Here we address the two-way transition between closed and open cellular states using a cloud resolving model. We find inherent asymmetry in the transitions and explain the source of the asymmetry. Results are supported by a dynamical system analogue to the full system.
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