Articles | Volume 19, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9769-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9769-2019
Research article
 | 
02 Aug 2019
Research article |  | 02 Aug 2019

Subsiding shells and the distribution of up- and downdraughts in warm cumulus clouds over land

Christian Mallaun, Andreas Giez, Georg J. Mayr, and Mathias W. Rotach

Viewed

Total article views: 2,271 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total BibTeX EndNote
1,605 623 43 2,271 49 44
  • HTML: 1,605
  • PDF: 623
  • XML: 43
  • Total: 2,271
  • BibTeX: 49
  • EndNote: 44
Views and downloads (calculated since 05 Oct 2018)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 05 Oct 2018)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 2,271 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 2,222 with geography defined and 49 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 

Cited

Latest update: 18 Mar 2024
Download
Short summary
This study presents airborne measurements in shallow convection over land to investigate the dynamic properties of clouds focusing on possible narrow downdraughts in the surrounding of the clouds. A characteristic narrow downdraught region (subsiding shell) is found directly outside the cloud borders for the mean vertical wind distribution. The subsiding shell results from the distribution of the highly variable updraughts and downdraughts in the near vicinity of the cloud.
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint