Articles | Volume 23, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-5867-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-5867-2023
Research article
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26 May 2023
Research article |  | 26 May 2023

Convective organization and 3D structure of tropical cloud systems deduced from synergistic A-Train observations and machine learning

Claudia J. Stubenrauch, Giulio Mandorli, and Elisabeth Lemaitre

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Organized convection leads to large convective cloud systems and intense rain and may change with a warming climate. Their complete 3D description, attained by machine learning techniques in combination with various satellite observations, together with a cloud system concept, link convection to anvil properties, while convective organization can be identified by the horizontal structure of intense rain.
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