How nature's smallest clouds slow down large-scale circulations critical for climate

Project Information

CloudBrake

Grant agreement ID: 714918

DOI

10.3030/714918

Project closed

EC signature date 19 December 2016

Start date 1 January 2017

End date 30 June 2022

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 867 120,00

EU contribution

€ 1 867 120,00

Coordinated by

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT
Netherlands

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (10)

Surface-Layer Wind Shear and Momentum Transport From Clear-Sky to Cloudy Weather Regimes Over Land

Author(s): A. M. Koning; Louise Nuijens; Fred C. Bosveld; A. P. Siebesma; A. P. Siebesma; P. A. van Dorp; Harmen J. J. Jonker
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Issue 126-21, Article number e2021JD035087, 2022, ISSN 2169-897X
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc
DOI: 10.1029/2021jd035087

How wind shear affects trade-wind cumulus convection

Author(s): Kevin Christopher Helfer; Louise Nuijens; S. R. de Roode; A. P. Siebesma; A. P. Siebesma
Published in: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Issue 12-12, Article number e2020MS002183, 2020, ISSN 1942-2466
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2020ms002183

The Morphology of Simulated Trade-Wind Convection and Cold Pools Under Wind Shear

Author(s): Kevin Christopher Helfer; Louise Nuijens
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Issue 126-20, 2021, ISSN 2169-897X
Publisher: John Wiley & sons
DOI: 10.1029/2021jd035148

The Influence of Convective Momentum Transport and Vertical Wind Shear on the Evolution of a Cold Air Outbreak

Author(s): Saggiorato, B., Nuijens, L., Siebesma, A.P., de Roode, S., Sandu, I., Papritz, L.
Published in: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Issue 12-6, Article number e2019MS001991, 2020, ISSN 1942-2466
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2019ms001991

The role of shallow convection in the momentum budget of the trades from large-eddy-simulation hindcasts

Author(s): Kevin Christopher Helfer; Louise Nuijens; Vishal Dixit
Published in: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Issue 147-737, 2021, Page(s) 2490 - 2505, ISSN 0035-9009
Publisher: Royal Meteorological Society
DOI: 10.1002/qj.4035

Ship- And island-based atmospheric soundings from the 2020 EUREC4A field campaign

Author(s): Stephan, C., Schnitt, S., Schulz, H., Bellenger, H., de Szoeke, S., Acquistapace, C., Baier , K., Dauhut, T., Laxenaire, R., Morfa Avalos, Y., Person, R., Meléndez, E., Bagheri, G., Böck, T., Daley, A., Güttler, J., Helfer, K., Los, S., Neuberger, A., Röttenbacher, J., Raeke, A., Ringel, M., Ritschel, M., Sadoulet, P., Schirmacher, I., Stolla, M., Wright, E., Charpentier, B., Doerenbecher, A.,
Published in: Earth System Science Data, Issue 13-2, 2021, Page(s) 491–514, ISSN 1866-3516
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
DOI: 10.5194/essd-13-491-2021

Momentum fluxes from airborne wind measurements in three cumulus cases over land

Author(s): Ada Mariska Koning; Louise Nuijens; Christian Mallaun
Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Issue 22 - 11, 2022, Page(s) 7373 - 7388, ISSN 1680-7316
Publisher: European Geophysical Society
DOI: 10.5194/acp-22-7373-2022

EUREC4A

Author(s): Stevens, B., Bony, S., Farrell, D., Ament, F., Blyth, A., Fairall, C., Karstensen, J., Quinn, P., Speich, S., Acquistapace, C., Aemisegger, F., Albright, A., Bellenger, H., Bodenschatz, E., Caesar, K.-A., Chewitt-Lucas, R., de Boer, G., Delanoë, J., Denby, L., Ewald, F., Fildier, B., Forde, M., George, G., Gross, S., Hagen, M., Hausold, A., Heywood, K., Hirsch, L., Jacob, M., Jansen, F., Kinne, S
Published in: Earth System Science Data, Issue 13-8, 2021, Page(s) 4067 - 4119, ISSN 1866-3508
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
DOI: 10.5194/essd-13-4067-2021

Boundary Layer Clouds and Convection over Subtropical Oceans in our Current and in a Warmer Climate

Author(s): Nuijens, L. and Siebesma, A.P.
Published in: Current Climate Change Reports, 2019, ISSN 2198-6061
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/s40641-019-00126-x

Counter-Gradient Momentum Transport Through Subtropical Shallow Convection in ICON-LEM Simulations

Author(s): Vishal Dixit; Louise Nuijens; Kevin Christopher Helfer
Published in: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Issue 13-6 Article number e2020MS002352, 2021, ISSN 1942-2466
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2020ms002352

Thesis and dissertations (1)

The interplay between wind and clouds in the trades

Author(s): Helfer, K.C.
Published in: 2021, ISBN 978-94-6416-719-1
Publisher: Institutional Repository
DOI: 10.4233/uuid:1bf74319-3be4-410e-a5d1-c8c8060e1957

Other (1)

The representation of winds in the lower troposphere in ECMWF forecasts and reanalyses during the EUREC4A field campaign

Author(s): Alessandro Carlo Maria Savazzi; Louise Nuijens; Irina Sandu; Geet George; Peter Bechtold
Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2022, ISSN 1680-7316
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/acp-2021-1050