Drivers of mesoscale convective aggregation and spatial humidity variability in the tropical western Pacific

Abstract We examine mesoscale convective organisation in the tropical western Pacific using a multivariate analysis of column humidity, precipitation and sea surface temperature (SST) observations. We demonstrate that in boreal summer and autumn, convection remains spatially random despite radiative...

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Published in:npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
Main Authors: Adrian Mark Tompkins, Alejandro Casallas, Michie Vianca De Vera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-02-01
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-024-00848-2