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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-6025-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-6025-2025
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18 Jun 2025
Research article |  | 18 Jun 2025

Shallow cloud variability in Houston, Texas, during the ESCAPE and TRACER field experiments

Zackary Mages, Pavlos Kollias, Bernat Puigdomènech Treserras, Paloma Borque, and Mariko Oue

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Convective clouds are a key component of the climate system. Using remote sensing observations during two field experiments in Houston, Texas, we identify four diurnal patterns of shallow convective clouds. We find areas more frequently experiencing shallow convective clouds, and we find areas where the vertical extent of shallow convective clouds is higher and where they are more likely to precipitate. This provides insight into the complicated environment that forms these clouds in Houston.
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