Racoro Extended-term Aircraft Observations of Boundary Layer Clouds
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S hallow boundary layer clouds are ubiquitous over many parts of the globe and strongly influence Earth’s radiative energy balance (Hartmann et al. 1992). However, our understanding of these clouds is insufficient to solve pressing scientific problems. Cloud feedback represents the largest uncertainty among all climate feedbacks in general circulation models (GCMs), and subtropical boundary layer clouds are the dominant contributor to this uncertainty (Bony and Dufresne 2005; Williams and Tselioudis 2007; IPCC 2007). Shallow cumulus convection over land is affected by land surface heterogeneity (e.g., Weaver and Avissar 2001) and is typically stronger and more time varying than over ocean (Brown et al. 2002). It regulates the surface radiation budget and contributes to the RACORO EXTENDED-TERM AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS OF BOUNDARY LAYER CLOUDS
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