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In this chapter, kinetics and spatial structure of cloud clusters during TOGA COARE are discussed based on the analysis of cloud-resolving model simulation data. The merging processes of cloud clusters are examined in terms of circulations and the composite analysis of total hydrometeor mixing ratio, zonal wind and vertical velocity, temperature and specific humidity perturbations, and surface rainfall budget. A rainfall event during the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment is also analyzed to study the evolution of cloud clusters associated with the development of precipitation system.
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Li, X., Gao, S. (2016). Tropical Cloud Clusters. In: Cloud-Resolving Modeling of Convective Processes. Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26360-1_7
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