A Lagrangian perspective on the lifecycle and cloud radiative effect of deep convective clouds over Africa

Jones, William K.; Stengel, Martin; Stier, Philip

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-5165-2024

Articles | Volume 24, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-5165-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-5165-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 24, issue 9

Research article

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03 May 2024

Research article |

| 03 May 2024

A Lagrangian perspective on the lifecycle and cloud radiative effect of deep convective clouds over Africa

William K. Jones, Martin Stengel, and Philip Stier

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-5165-2024-supplement

Data sets

Cloud-CCI+ SEVIRI CRE case study dataset William K. Jones https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8317025

Model code and software

tobac-flow v1.7.6 William K. Jones https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8317062

Material for preparation of "A Lagrangian Perspective on the Lifecycle and Cloud Radiative Effect of Deep Convective Clouds Over Africa" William K. Jones https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10834939

ORAC R. G. Grainger et al. https://github.com/ORAC-CC/orac

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Storm clouds cover large areas of the tropics. These clouds both reflect incoming sunlight and trap heat from the atmosphere below, regulating the temperature of the tropics. Over land, storm clouds occur in the late afternoon and evening and so exist both during the daytime and at night. Changes in this timing could upset the balance of the respective cooling and heating effects of these clouds. We find that isolated storms have a larger effect on this balance than their small size suggests.