Quantifying Convective Aggregation Using the Tropical Moist Margin's Length

Abstract On small scales, the tropical atmosphere tends to be either moist or very dry. This defines two states that, on large scales, are separated by a sharp margin, well identified by the antimode of the bimodal tropical column water vapor distribution. Despite recent progress in understanding ph...

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Main Authors: Tom Beucler, David Leutwyler, Julia M. Windmiller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2020-10-01
Series:Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2020MS002092