Response of Deep Convective Clouds to Increases in ... - ceres
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Deep convective clouds and heavy aerosol burdensoccur primarily in the Northern Indian Ocean, Africa,and South America.
Properties of deep convective clouds collocated with largeaerosol burdens are compared with those collocated with smallaerosol burdens.SMALLLARGEFollowing Loeb andSchuster (2008), for eachday obtain meanproperties of deepconvective clouds andmean aerosol burdens ineach 2°× 2° lat.-lon. region.SMALLLARGEDivide the 2°× 2° regionswithin a 10°× 10° regioninto those with meanaerosol optical depthsgreater than the mean forthe 10° region and thosewith optical depths lessthan the mean.Correlate differences incloud properties withdifferences in aerosoloptical depths.
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Properties <strong>of</strong> deep convective clouds collocated with largeaerosol burdens are compared with those collocated with smallaerosol burdens.SMALLLARGEFollow<strong>in</strong>g Loeb andSchuster (2008), for eachday obta<strong>in</strong> meanproperties <strong>of</strong> deepconvective clouds andmean aerosol burdens <strong>in</strong>each 2°× 2° lat.-lon. region.SMALLLARGEDivide the 2°× 2° regionswith<strong>in</strong> a 10°× 10° region<strong>in</strong><strong>to</strong> those with meanaerosol optical depthsgreater than the mean forthe 10° region and thosewith optical depths lessthan the mean.Correlate differences <strong>in</strong>cloud properties withdifferences <strong>in</strong> aerosoloptical depths.
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