Articles | Volume 24, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-10793-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-10793-2024
Research article
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26 Sep 2024
Research article |  | 26 Sep 2024

A thermal-driven graupel generation process to explain dry-season convective vigor over the Amazon

Toshi Matsui, Daniel Hernandez-Deckers, Scott E. Giangrande, Thiago S. Biscaro, Ann Fridlind, and Scott Braun

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Using computer simulations and real measurements, we discovered that storms over the Amazon were narrower but more intense during the dry periods, producing heavier rain and more ice particles in the clouds. Our research showed that cumulus bubbles played a key role in creating these intense storms. This study can improve the representation of the effect of continental and ocean environments on tropical regions' rainfall patterns in simulations.
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