--- _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 user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 volume: 38 year: '2017' ...