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Research article
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21 Jan 2016
Research article |
| 21 Jan 2016
How large-scale subsidence affects stratocumulus transitions
J. J. van der Dussen
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
S. R. de Roode
Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
A. P. Siebesma
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, the Netherlands
Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
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A large-eddy simulation model is used to show that a weakening of the large-scale subsidence, which is associated with a future warmer climate, leads to a delay of the moment of break up of stratocumulus clouds during subtropical stratocumulus transitions. To understand what causes this delay, a novel analysis method is used to distil the contributions of individual physical processes to the evolution of the stratocumulus cloud thickness.
A large-eddy simulation model is used to show that a weakening of the large-scale subsidence,...
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