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