Sentences with phrase «deep convective clouds»
«We found that aerosol indirect effect on deep convective cloud systems could lead to enhanced regional convergence and a strong top - of - atmosphere warming.»
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Sherwood, S. C., Chae, J. - H., Minnis, P. & McGill, M. M., Underestimation of deep convective cloud tops by thermal imagery.
«I think it's a really exciting study because it's the most solid evidence I've seen that aerosol emissions can affect deep convective clouds and intensify them and increase their electrification,» said Steven Sherwood, an atmospheric scientist at the University of New South Wales in Sydney who was not connected to the study.
Microphysical effects determine macrophysical response for aerosol impacts on deep convective clouds, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, Early Edition online the week of November 11 - 15, 2013, DOI: 10.1073 / pnas.1316830110.
The response to global warming of deep convective clouds is also a substantial source of uncertainty in projections since current models predict different responses of these clouds.
Smaller cloud droplets could also exhibit a thermodynamic forcing by protracting freezing in deep convective clouds.
«The study shows, highly unambiguously, the relationship between anthropogenic emissions — in this case, from diesel engines — on deep convective clouds.»
«The study shows, highly unambiguously, the relationship between anthropogenic emissions - in this case, from diesel engines - on deep convective clouds.»
A recent study by Abbot and Tziperman (2008) shows that deep convective clouds can produce significant winter warming under ice - free conditions.
In high clouds, such as cirrus, cirrostratus, and deep convective clouds, there is some evidence that dust particles over wetter regions south of the desert provide surfaces for ice crystals to form around.