This volume presents a series of overview articles arising from a workshop exploring the links among shallow clouds, water vapor, circulation, and climate sensitivity. It provides a state-of-the art synthesis of understanding about the coupling of clouds and water vapor to the large-scale circulation. The emphasis is on two phenomena, namely the self-aggregation of deep convection and interactions between low clouds and the large-scale environment, with direct links to the sensitivity of climate to radiative perturbations. Each subject is approached using simulations, observations, and synthesizing theory; particular attention is paid to opportunities offered by new remote-sensing technologies, some still prospective. The collection provides a thorough grounding in topics representing one of the World Climate Research Program’s Grand Challenges.
Previously published in Surveys in Geophysics, Volume 38, Issue 6, 2017The aritcles “Observing Convective Aggregation”, “An Observational View of Relationships Between Moisture Aggregation, Cloud, and Radiative Heating Profiles”, “Implications of Warm Rain in Shallow Cumulus and Congestus Clouds for Large-Scale Circulations”, “A Survey of Precipitation-Induced Atmospheric Cold Pools over Oceans and Their Interactions with the Larger-Scale Environment”, “Low-Cloud Feedbacks from Cloud-Controlling Factors: A Review”, “Mechanisms and Model Diversity of Trade-Wind Shallow Cumulus Cloud Feedbacks: A Review”, “Structure and Dynamical Influence of Water Vapor in the Lower Tropical Troposphere”, “Emerging Technologies and Synergies for Airborne and Space-Based Measurements of Water Vapor Profiles”, “Observational Constraints on Cloud Feedbacks: The Role of Active Satellite Sensors”, and “EUREC4A: A Field Campaign to Elucidate the Couplings Between Clouds, Convection and Circulation” are available as open access articles under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com.
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0.728 kg
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Year of Publication
2018
Table of Contents
Preface to the Special Issue "ISSI Workshop on Shallow Clouds and Water Vapor, Circulation and Climate Sensitivity"
1. Convective Self-Aggregation in Numerical Simulations: A ReviewA.A. Wing, K. Emanuel, C.E. Holloway, C. Muller
2. Observing Convective AggregationC.E. Holloway, A.A. Wing, S. Bony, C. Muller, H. Masunaga, T.S. L'Ecuyer, D.D. Turner, P. Zuidema
3. An Observational View of Relationships Between Moisture Aggregation, Cloud, and Radiative Heating ProfilesM.D. Lebsock * T.S. L'Ecuyer * R. Pincus
4. Correction to: An Observational View of Relationships Between Moisture Aggregation, Cloud, and Radiative Heating ProfilesM.D. Lebsock * T.S. L'Ecuyer * R. Pincus
5. Implications of Warm Rain in Shallow Cumulus and Congestus Clouds for Large-Scale CirculationsL. Nuijens * K. Emanuel * H. Masunaga * T. L'Ecuyer
6. A Survey of Precipitation-Induced Atmospheric Cold Pools over Oceans and Their Interactions with the Larger-Scale EnvironmentP. Zuidema * G. Torri * C. Muller * A. Chandra
7. Low-Cloud Feedbacks from Cloud-Controlling Factors: A ReviewS.A. Klein * A. Hall * J.R. Norris * R. Pincus
8. Mechanisms and Model Diversity of Trade-Wind Shallow Cumulus Cloud Feedbacks: A ReviewJ. Vial * S. Bony * B. Stevens * R. Vogel
9. Importance Profiles for Water VaporB. Mapes * A.S. Chandra * Z. Kuang * P. Zuidema
10. Structure and Dynamical Influence of Water Vapor in the Lower Tropical TroposphereB. Stevens * H. Brogniez * C. Kiemle * J.-L. Lacour * C. Crevoisier * J. Kiliani
11. The Representation of Tropospheric Water Vapor Over Low-Latitude Oceans in (Re-)analysis: Errors, Impacts, and the Ability to Exploit Current and Prospective ObservationsR. Pincus * A. Beljaars * S.A. Buehler * G. Kirchengast * F. Ladstaedter * J.S. Whitaker
12. Airborne Lidar Observations of Water Vapor Variability in Tropical Shallow Convective EnvironmentC. Kiemle * S. Gross * M. Wirth * L. Bugliaro
13. Emerging Technologies and Synergies for Airborne and Space-Based Measurements of Water Vapor ProfilesA.R. Nehrir * C. Kiemle * M.D. Lebsock * G. Kirchengast * S.A. Buehler * U. Loehnert * C.-L. Liu * P.C. Hargrave * M. Barrera-Verdejo * D.M. Winker
14. Observational Constraints on Cloud Feedbacks: The Role of Active Satellite SensorsD. Winker * H. Chepfer * V. Noel * X. Cai
15. Shallow Circulations: Relevance and Strategies for Satellite ObservationG. Bellon * O. Reitebuch * A.K. Naumann
16. EUREC4A: A Field Campaign to Elucidate the Couplings Between Clouds, Convection and CirculationS. Bony * B. Stevens * F. Ament * S. Bigorre * P. Chazette * S. Crewell * J. Delanoe * K. Emanuel * D. Farrell * C. Flamant * S. Gross * L. Hirsch * J. Karstensen * B. Mayer * L. Nuijens * J.H. Ruppert Jr. * I. Sandu * P. Siebesma * S. Speich * F. Szczap * J. Totems * R. Vogel * M. Wendisch * M. Wirth
Author
Robert Pincus
ISBN/ISSN
9783319772721
Binding
Hardback
Edition
1
Publisher
Springer
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