Cloud object analysis of CERES Aqua observations of tropical and subtropical cloud regimes: Evolution of cloud object size distributions during the Madden-Julian Oscillation

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• 作者：Kuan-Man Xu^a ; ^{Kuan-Man.Xu@nasa.gov} ; Takmeng Wong^a ; Shengtao Dong^b ; Feng Chen^b ; Seiji Kato^a ; Patrick C. Taylor^a
• 关键词：Madden-Julian Oscillation ; Cloud size distribution ; Aqua observations ; CERES ; Cloud regimes
• 刊名：Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：188
• 期：Complete
• 页码：148-158
• 全文大小：1259 K
• 卷排序：188

文摘

Examine the impact of MJO evolution on the evolutions of cloud size distributions. Found that cloud size distributions vary greatly at large diameters during the MJO. Deep convective and cirrostratus cloud objects evolve with MJO with phase delays. Shallow cumulus and overcast-stratus objects evolve in nearly opposite phases. Stratocumulus are similar to deep convective and cirrostratus but peak earlier.