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A Lagrangian analysis of pockets of open cells over the southeastern Pacific
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
Matthew D. Lebsock
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
Ryan Eastman
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Mark Smalley
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Mikael K. Witte
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Naval Postgraduate School, Meteorology, Monterey, California, USA
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We use geostationary satellite observations to track pockets of open-cell (POC) stratocumulus and analyze how precipitation, cloud microphysics, and the environment change. Precipitation becomes more intense, corresponding to increasing effective radius and decreasing number concentrations, while the environment remains relatively unchanged. This implies that changes in cloud microphysics are more important than the environment to POC development.
We use geostationary satellite observations to track pockets of open-cell (POC) stratocumulus ...
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