Deep convective cloud system size and structure across the global tropics and subtropics

Wilcox, Eric M.; Yuan, Tianle; Song, Hua

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5387-2023

Articles | Volume 16, issue 21

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5387-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5387-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 21

Research article

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10 Nov 2023

Research article |

| 10 Nov 2023

Deep convective cloud system size and structure across the global tropics and subtropics

Eric M. Wilcox, Tianle Yuan, and Hua Song

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5387-2023-supplement

Model code and software

Source code for cloud database and codes for manuscript figures Eric Wilcox https://github.com/emwilcox-dri/NASA-MEaSUREs-deep-clouds

Short summary

A new database is constructed from over 20 years of satellite records that comprises millions of deep convective clouds and spans the global tropics and subtropics. The database is a collection of clouds ranging from isolated cells to giant cloud systems. The cloud database provides a means of empirically studying the factors that determine the spatial structure and coverage of convective cloud systems, which are strongly related to the overall radiative forcing by cloud systems.