Symmetry in mesoscale circulations explains weak impact of trade cumulus self‐organization on the radiation budget in large‐eddy simulations

M Janssens, F Jansson, P Alinaghi… - Geophysical …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate if mesoscale self‐organisation of trade cumuli in 150 km‐domain large‐eddy
simulations modifies the top‐of‐atmosphere radiation budget relative to 10 km‐domain …

[HTML][HTML] Nonprecipitating shallow cumulus convection is intrinsically unstable to length scale growth

M Janssens, JVG De Arellano… - Journal of the …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Condensation in cumulus clouds plays a key role in structuring the mean, nonprecipitating
trade wind boundary layer. Here, we summarize how this role also explains the …

Computational Domain Size Effects on Large-Eddy Simulations of Precipitating Shallow Cumulus Convection

O Lamaakel, R Venters, J Teixeira, G Matheou - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
Idealized large-eddy simulations of shallow convection often utilize horizontally periodic
computational domains. The development of precipitation in shallow cumulus convection …

On climate change and trade cumulus organization

J Kazil, P Narenpitak, T Yamaguchi… - Journal of Advances in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate the role of mesoscale organization for the response of trade cumulus (Tc)
clouds to climate change. Among four recently identified states of Tc organization, the …

Exploring the interconnections between total cloud water content and water vapor mixing ratio with other cloud microphysical variables in northward-moving typhoon …

X Wu, M Ren, L Zhou, Y Li, J Chen, W Li, K Yang… - Atmospheric …, 2025 - Elsevier
Causal analysis of cloud microphysical variables constitutes an effective means for
characterizing the microphysical attributes and causal mechanisms of precipitation clouds …

Numerical diffusion and turbulent mixing in convective self‐aggregation

L Silvestri, M Saraceni… - Journal of Advances in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Convective Self‐Aggregation (CSA) is a common feature of idealized numerical
simulations of the tropical atmosphere in Radiative‐Convective Equilibrium (RCE) …

iPyCLES v1. 0: A New Isotope-Enabled Large-Eddy Simulator for Mixed-Phase Clouds

Z Hu, Y Peng, M Zhu, JS Wright - EGUsphere, 2024 - egusphere.copernicus.org
Recent field campaigns and advances in observational techniques have yielded a wealth of
observations of stable water isotopes in the atmosphere, but the heirarchy of isotope …