Articles | Volume 15, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-7351-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-7351-2015
Research article
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08 Jul 2015
Research article |  | 08 Jul 2015

On the reversibility of transitions between closed and open cellular convection

G. Feingold, I. Koren, T. Yamaguchi, and J. Kazil

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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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