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Contrasting characteristics of open- and closed-cellular stratocumulus cloud in the eastern North Atlantic
Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National
Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
Virendra P. Ghate
Climate and Earth System Department, Argonne National Laboratory,
Argonne, IL, USA
Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National
Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
Diana K. Apoznanski
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Mary J. Bartholomew
Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National
Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
Scott E. Giangrande
Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National
Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
Karen L. Johnson
Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National
Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
Mandana M. Thieman
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA, USA
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
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This work compares the large-scale meteorology, cloud, aerosol, precipitation, and thermodynamics of closed- and open-cell cloud organizations using long-term observations from the astern North Atlantic. Open-cell cases are associated with cold-air outbreaks and occur in deeper boundary layers, with stronger winds and higher rain rates compared to closed-cell cases. These results offer important benchmarks for model representation of boundary layer clouds in this climatically important region.
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