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_id: '9139'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Organized convection in the tropics occurs across a range of spatial and temporal
scales and strongly influences cloud cover and humidity. One mode of organization
found is “self-aggregation,” in which moist convection spontaneously organizes
into one or several isolated clusters despite spatially homogeneous boundary conditions
and forcing. Self-aggregation is driven by interactions between clouds, moisture,
radiation, surface fluxes, and circulation, and occurs in a wide variety of idealized
simulations of radiative–convective equilibrium. Here we provide a review of convective
self-aggregation in numerical simulations, including its character, causes, and
effects. We describe the evolution of self-aggregation including its time and
length scales and the physical mechanisms leading to its triggering and maintenance,
and we also discuss possible links to climate and climate change.
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Allison A.
full_name: Wing, Allison A.
last_name: Wing
- first_name: Kerry
full_name: Emanuel, Kerry
last_name: Emanuel
- first_name: Christopher E.
full_name: Holloway, Christopher E.
last_name: Holloway
- first_name: Caroline J
full_name: Muller, Caroline J
id: f978ccb0-3f7f-11eb-b193-b0e2bd13182b
last_name: Muller
orcid: 0000-0001-5836-5350
citation:
ama: 'Wing AA, Emanuel K, Holloway CE, Muller CJ. Convective self-aggregation in
numerical simulations: A review. Surveys in Geophysics. 2017;38(6):1173-1197.
doi:10.1007/s10712-017-9408-4'
apa: 'Wing, A. A., Emanuel, K., Holloway, C. E., & Muller, C. J. (2017). Convective
self-aggregation in numerical simulations: A review. Surveys in Geophysics.
Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-017-9408-4'
chicago: 'Wing, Allison A., Kerry Emanuel, Christopher E. Holloway, and Caroline
J Muller. “Convective Self-Aggregation in Numerical Simulations: A Review.” Surveys
in Geophysics. Springer Nature, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-017-9408-4.'
ieee: 'A. A. Wing, K. Emanuel, C. E. Holloway, and C. J. Muller, “Convective self-aggregation
in numerical simulations: A review,” Surveys in Geophysics, vol. 38, no.
6. Springer Nature, pp. 1173–1197, 2017.'
ista: 'Wing AA, Emanuel K, Holloway CE, Muller CJ. 2017. Convective self-aggregation
in numerical simulations: A review. Surveys in Geophysics. 38(6), 1173–1197.'
mla: 'Wing, Allison A., et al. “Convective Self-Aggregation in Numerical Simulations:
A Review.” Surveys in Geophysics, vol. 38, no. 6, Springer Nature, 2017,
pp. 1173–97, doi:10.1007/s10712-017-9408-4.'
short: A.A. Wing, K. Emanuel, C.E. Holloway, C.J. Muller, Surveys in Geophysics
38 (2017) 1173–1197.
date_created: 2021-02-15T14:20:56Z
date_published: 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2022-01-24T12:42:36Z
day: '01'
doi: 10.1007/s10712-017-9408-4
extern: '1'
intvolume: ' 38'
issue: '6'
keyword:
- Geochemistry and Petrology
- Geophysics
language:
- iso: eng
month: '11'
oa_version: None
page: 1173-1197
publication: Surveys in Geophysics
publication_identifier:
issn:
- 0169-3298
- 1573-0956
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer Nature
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: 'Convective self-aggregation in numerical simulations: A review'
type: journal_article
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volume: 38
year: '2017'
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