Size dependence in chord characteristics from simulated and observed continental shallow cumulus

Griewank, Philipp J.; Heus, Thijs; Lareau, Neil P.; Neggers, Roel A. J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-10211-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 17

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-10211-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-10211-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 17

Research article

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03 Sep 2020

Research article |

| 03 Sep 2020

Size dependence in chord characteristics from simulated and observed continental shallow cumulus

Philipp J. Griewank, Thijs Heus, Neil P. Lareau, and Roel A. J. Neggers

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RC1: 'Comments on “Size-dependence in chord characteristics from simulated and observed continental shallow cumulus” by Griewank et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 May 2020
RC2: 'Review of "Size-dependence in chord characteristics from simulated and observed continental shallow cumulus" by Griewank et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Jun 2020
AC1: 'Response to reviewers and tracked changes', Philipp Griewank, 01 Jul 2020

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (18 Jul 2020) by Timothy Garrett

AR by Philipp Griewank on behalf of the Authors (24 Jul 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

The idea that larger shallow cumulus clouds have stronger updrafts than small shallow cumulus clouds is as intuitive as it is old. In this paper we gather years of upward-pointing laser measurements from a plain in Oklahoma and combine them with 28 d of high-resolution simulations. Our approach, which has much more data than previous studies, confirms that updraft strength and cloud size are linked and that the simulations reproduce the observed cloud wind and moisture structure.