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Article Dans Une Revue Surveys in Geophysics Année : 2017

Convective Self-Aggregation in Numerical Simulations: A Review

Allison A. Wing
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Kerry Emanuel
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Christopher E. Holloway
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Résumé

Organized convection in the tropics occurs across a range of spatial and temporal scales and strongly influences cloud cover and humidity. One mode of organization found is "self-aggregation," in which moist convection spontaneously organizes into one or several isolated clusters despite spatially homogeneous boundary conditions and forcing. Self-aggregation is driven by interactions between clouds, moisture, radiation, surface fluxes, and circulation, and occurs in a wide variety of idealized simulations of radiative-convective equilibrium. Here we provide a review of convective self-aggregation in numerical simulations, including its character, causes, and effects. We describe the evolution of self-aggregation including its time and length scales and the physical mechanisms leading to its triggering and maintenance, and we also discuss possible links to climate and climate change.

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insu-03727042 , version 1 (19-07-2022)

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Allison A. Wing, Kerry Emanuel, Christopher E. Holloway, Caroline Muller. Convective Self-Aggregation in Numerical Simulations: A Review. Surveys in Geophysics, 2017, 38, pp.1173-1197. ⟨10.1007/s10712-017-9408-4⟩. ⟨insu-03727042⟩
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