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10 Nov 2023
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Deep convective cloud system size and structure across the global tropics and subtropics
Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV, 89512, USA
Tianle Yuan
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, 21250, USA
Sciences and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA
Sciences and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA
SSAI Inc., Lanham, MD, 20706, USA
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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.
A new database is constructed from over 20 years of satellite records that comprises millions of...
