EUREC4A: A Field Campaign to Elucidate the Couplings Between Clouds, Convection and Circulation
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Published:2017-09-27
Issue:6
Volume:38
Page:1529-1568
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ISSN:0169-3298
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Container-title:Surveys in Geophysics
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Surv Geophys
Author:
Bony SandrineORCID, Stevens Bjorn, Ament Felix, Bigorre Sebastien, Chazette Patrick, Crewell Susanne, Delanoë Julien, Emanuel Kerry, Farrell David, Flamant Cyrille, Gross Silke, Hirsch Lutz, Karstensen Johannes, Mayer Bernhard, Nuijens Louise, Ruppert James H., Sandu Irina, Siebesma Pier, Speich Sabrina, Szczap Frédéric, Totems Julien, Vogel Raphaela, Wendisch Manfred, Wirth Martin
Abstract
AbstractTrade-wind cumuli constitute the cloud type with the highest frequency of occurrence on Earth, and it has been shown that their sensitivity to changing environmental conditions will critically influence the magnitude and pace of future global warming. Research over the last decade has pointed out the importance of the interplay between clouds, convection and circulation in controling this sensitivity. Numerical models represent this interplay in diverse ways, which translates into different responses of trade-cumuli to climate perturbations. Climate models predict that the area covered by shallow cumuli at cloud base is very sensitive to changes in environmental conditions, while process models suggest the opposite. To understand and resolve this contradiction, we propose to organize a field campaign aimed at quantifying the physical properties of trade-cumuli (e.g., cloud fraction and water content) as a function of the large-scale environment. Beyond a better understanding of clouds-circulation coupling processes, the campaign will provide a reference data set that may be used as a benchmark for advancing the modelling and the satellite remote sensing of clouds and circulation. It will also be an opportunity for complementary investigations such as evaluating model convective parameterizations or studying the role of ocean mesoscale eddies in air–sea interactions and convective organization.
Funder
H2020 European Research Council Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Max Planck Institut für Meteorologie
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Geochemistry and Petrology,Geophysics
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