A curious symmetry in the distribution of tropical precipitation
A curious symmetry in the distribution of tropical precipitation is that it rains as much over land as it does over the ocean, in both cases about 3…
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Do clouds amplify global warming? EUREC4A field study tests hypothesized mechanisms
The science guiding the field campaign EUREC4A (Elucidating the role of clouds-circulation coupling in climate) and its measurements is presented in…
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Earth’s albedo and its symmetry
In an article appearing in AGU Advances, Dr. George Datseris and Prof. Bjorn Stevens provide an analysis of the Earth’s albedo, its surprising…
The newest IPCC report – a look behind the scenes
A very personal account by Jochem Marotzke The just-published Assessment Report 6 (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC has…
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The observed impact of mesoscale vertical motion on tropical clouds
A recent study by Geet George, Bjorn Stevens (both from the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology) and Marcus Klingebiel (now at Leipzig University)…
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Waves and coherent flows in the tropical atmosphere: new opportunities, old challenges
In a review article appearing in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Dr. Claudia Stephan (Max Planck Institute for…
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Claudia Stephan has been accepted into the Elisabeth Schiemann Kolleg
Dr. Claudia Stephan, Minerva Fast Track group leader in the department “The Atmosphere in the Earth System” at the Max Planck Institute for…
FESSTVaL: a field campaign targeted to the detection of small-scale weather phenomena
Like a magnifying glass, FESSTVaL will peer into the internal structure of small-scale weather phenomena, with a particular emphasis on summertime…
Climate effect of trade-wind clouds – bridging the gap between hectometer and kilometer simulations
In a new study Jule Radtke, Dr Cathy Hohenegger and Prof Thorsten Mauritsen have investigated the representation and climate feedback of trade-wind…
Towards small scale processes in large scale climate models — 3D visualisation of clouds
This visualisation illustrates the vision to simulate small-scale processes explicitly on a global scale, thus reducing the need for parametrisations…
Clouds and Climate — Climate Science’s Greatest Challenge
Prof. Bjorn Stevens, director and head of the department “The Atmosphere in the Earth System” at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M),…
