Subgrid variations of the cloud water and droplet number concentration over the tropical ocean: satellite observations and implications for warm rain simulations in climate models

Zhang, Zhibo

Subgrid variations of the cloud water and droplet number concentration over the tropical ocean: satellite observations and implications for warm rain simulations in climate models

Zhibo Zhang¹, Hua Song¹, Po-Lun Ma², Minghuai Wang³, Vincent E Larson⁴, Xiquan Dong⁵ and Jianwu Wang⁶, (1)University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, United States, (2)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (3)Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, (4)Univ Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, United States, (5)University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States, (6)University of Maryland Baltimore County, Information Systems, Baltimore, MD, United States