{"type":"journal_article","publisher":"Annual Reviews","article_type":"original","department":[{"_id":"CaMu"}],"ec_funded":1,"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Idealized simulations of the tropical atmosphere have predicted that clouds can spontaneously clump together in space, despite perfectly homogeneous settings. This phenomenon has been called self-aggregation, and it results in a state where a moist cloudy region with intense deep convective storms is surrounded by extremely dry subsiding air devoid of deep clouds. We review here the main findings from theoretical work and idealized models of this phenomenon, highlighting the physical processes believed to play a key role in convective self-aggregation. We also review the growing literature on the importance and implications of this phenomenon for the tropical atmosphere, notably, for the hydrological cycle and for precipitation extremes, in our current and in a warming climate."}],"oa":1,"oa_version":"Published Version","date_published":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["1545-4479"],"issn":["0066-4189"]},"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"date_created":"2022-01-23T23:01:29Z","title":"Spontaneous aggregation of convective storms","article_processing_charge":"No","page":"133-157","day":"01","project":[{"name":"organization of CLoUdS, and implications of Tropical  cyclones and for the Energetics of the tropics, in current and waRming climate","_id":"629205d8-2b32-11ec-9570-e1356ff73576","grant_number":"805041","call_identifier":"H2020"}],"intvolume":"        54","isi":1,"publication_status":"published","scopus_import":"1","main_file_link":[{"url":"https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-fluid-022421-011319","open_access":"1"}],"volume":54,"citation":{"short":"C.J. Muller, D. Yang, G. Craig, T. Cronin, B. Fildier, J.O. Haerter, C. Hohenegger, B. Mapes, D. Randall, S. Shamekh, S.C. Sherwood, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 54 (2022) 133–157.","ieee":"C. J. Muller <i>et al.</i>, “Spontaneous aggregation of convective storms,” <i>Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics</i>, vol. 54. Annual Reviews, pp. 133–157, 2022.","apa":"Muller, C. J., Yang, D., Craig, G., Cronin, T., Fildier, B., Haerter, J. O., … Sherwood, S. C. (2022). Spontaneous aggregation of convective storms. <i>Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics</i>. Annual Reviews. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-fluid-022421-011319\">https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-fluid-022421-011319</a>","chicago":"Muller, Caroline J, Da Yang, George Craig, Timothy Cronin, Benjamin Fildier, Jan O. Haerter, Cathy Hohenegger, et al. “Spontaneous Aggregation of Convective Storms.” <i>Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics</i>. Annual Reviews, 2022. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-fluid-022421-011319\">https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-fluid-022421-011319</a>.","ama":"Muller CJ, Yang D, Craig G, et al. Spontaneous aggregation of convective storms. <i>Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics</i>. 2022;54:133-157. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-fluid-022421-011319\">10.1146/annurev-fluid-022421-011319</a>","mla":"Muller, Caroline J., et al. “Spontaneous Aggregation of Convective Storms.” <i>Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics</i>, vol. 54, Annual Reviews, 2022, pp. 133–57, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-fluid-022421-011319\">10.1146/annurev-fluid-022421-011319</a>.","ista":"Muller CJ, Yang D, Craig G, Cronin T, Fildier B, Haerter JO, Hohenegger C, Mapes B, Randall D, Shamekh S, Sherwood SC. 2022. Spontaneous aggregation of convective storms. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 54, 133–157."},"publication":"Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics","month":"01","status":"public","acknowledgement":"C.M. gratefully acknowledges funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (Project CLUSTER, grant agreement 805041). She also thanks Grand Équipement National de Calcul Intensif (GENCI), France, for providing access to their computing platforms at Très Grand Centre de Calcul (TGCC). J.O.H. gratefully acknowledges funding from the Villum Foundation (grant 13168), the ERC under the Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant 771859), and the Novo Nordisk Foundation's Interdisciplinary Synergy Program (grant NNF19OC0057374). G.C. gratefully acknowledges the support of the transregional collaborative research center (SFB/TRR 165) “Waves to Weather” (http://www.wavestoweather.de) funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). D.Y. is supported by a Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering, the France–Berkeley Fund, Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) funding from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research, Climate and Environmental Sciences Division, Regional and Global Climate Modeling Program under award DE-AC02-05CH11231.","author":[{"id":"f978ccb0-3f7f-11eb-b193-b0e2bd13182b","orcid":"0000-0001-5836-5350","last_name":"Muller","first_name":"Caroline J","full_name":"Muller, Caroline J"},{"full_name":"Yang, Da","last_name":"Yang","first_name":"Da"},{"full_name":"Craig, George","first_name":"George","last_name":"Craig"},{"full_name":"Cronin, Timothy","last_name":"Cronin","first_name":"Timothy"},{"last_name":"Fildier","first_name":"Benjamin","full_name":"Fildier, Benjamin"},{"last_name":"Haerter","first_name":"Jan O.","full_name":"Haerter, Jan O."},{"first_name":"Cathy","last_name":"Hohenegger","full_name":"Hohenegger, Cathy"},{"full_name":"Mapes, Brian","last_name":"Mapes","first_name":"Brian"},{"full_name":"Randall, David","first_name":"David","last_name":"Randall"},{"full_name":"Shamekh, Sara","first_name":"Sara","last_name":"Shamekh"},{"full_name":"Sherwood, Steven C.","last_name":"Sherwood","first_name":"Steven C."}],"external_id":{"isi":["000794152800006"]},"date_updated":"2023-10-03T10:51:07Z","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","_id":"10656","year":"2022","quality_controlled":"1","doi":"10.1146/annurev-fluid-022421-011319"}