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Articles | Volume 25, issue 22
Articles | Volume 25, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-16233-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-16233-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 25, issue 22
Research article
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20 Nov 2025
Research article |  | 20 Nov 2025

Increased dynamic efficiency in mesoscale organized trade wind cumulus clouds

Isabel L. McCoy, Sunil Baidar, Paquita Zuidema, Jan Kazil, W. Alan Brewer, Wayne M. Angevine, and Graham Feingold

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We use ship observations to investigate the dynamics of small clouds over the tropical oceans. When these cumulus clouds cluster together, they more efficiently move moisture into the cloud layer due to strengthened updrafts. This encourages further clustering, increases local cloud development success, and may help sustain clouds against diurnal variations in their environment. These results have implications for cumulus feedback on the climate, a significant uncertainty in future projections.
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