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_id: '14853'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Organization – or departure from a random pattern – in tropical deep convection
    is heavily studied due to its immediate relevance to climate sensitivity and extremes.
    Low-latitude convection has motivated numerical model idealizations, where the
    Coriolis force is removed and boundary conditions are simplified spatially and
    temporally. One of the most stunning aspects of such idealized simulated cloud
    organization is the spontaneous clumping of convection that can occur without
    any predetermining external perturbation, such as inhomogeneous surface boundary
    conditions or large-scale waves. Whereas individual convective rain cells measure
    only few kilometers in horizontal diameter, the clusters they form can often span
    hundreds or even thousands of kilometers. Hence, organization may emerge from
    the very small scales but can show effects at the synoptic scale. We refer to
    such emergent organization as convective self-organization. Convective self-organization
    thus features characteristics of emergence, such as non-trivial system-scale pattern
    formation or hysteresis. We summarize observational evidence for large-scale organization
    and briefly recap classical idealized modeling studies that yield convective self-aggregation
    – emergent organization under strongly idealized boundary conditions. We then
    focus on developing research, where temporal variation, such as the diurnal cycle,
    or two-way interactive surface properties yield distinct organizational modes.
    Convectively generated cold pools and mesoscale convective systems, both ubiquitous
    in nature, are thereby found to potentially play key roles in promoting – rather
    than suppressing – sustained system-scale organization.
alternative_title:
- Geophysical Monograph Series
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Jan O.
  full_name: Haerter, Jan O.
  last_name: Haerter
- first_name: Caroline J
  full_name: Muller, Caroline J
  id: f978ccb0-3f7f-11eb-b193-b0e2bd13182b
  last_name: Muller
  orcid: 0000-0001-5836-5350
citation:
  ama: 'Haerter JO, Muller CJ. Mechanisms for the Self‐Organization of Tropical Deep
    Convection. In: Sullivan S, Hoose C, eds. <i>Clouds and Their Climatic Impacts</i>.
    Wiley; 2023:179-193. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119700357.ch8">10.1002/9781119700357.ch8</a>'
  apa: Haerter, J. O., &#38; Muller, C. J. (2023). Mechanisms for the Self‐Organization
    of Tropical Deep Convection. In S. Sullivan &#38; C. Hoose (Eds.), <i>Clouds and
    Their Climatic Impacts</i> (pp. 179–193). Wiley. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119700357.ch8">https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119700357.ch8</a>
  chicago: Haerter, Jan O., and Caroline J Muller. “Mechanisms for the Self‐Organization
    of Tropical Deep Convection.” In <i>Clouds and Their Climatic Impacts</i>, edited
    by Sylvia Sullivan and Corinna Hoose, 179–93. Wiley, 2023. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119700357.ch8">https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119700357.ch8</a>.
  ieee: J. O. Haerter and C. J. Muller, “Mechanisms for the Self‐Organization of Tropical
    Deep Convection,” in <i>Clouds and Their Climatic Impacts</i>, S. Sullivan and
    C. Hoose, Eds. Wiley, 2023, pp. 179–193.
  ista: 'Haerter JO, Muller CJ. 2023.Mechanisms for the Self‐Organization of Tropical
    Deep Convection. In: Clouds and Their Climatic Impacts. Geophysical Monograph
    Series, , 179–193.'
  mla: Haerter, Jan O., and Caroline J. Muller. “Mechanisms for the Self‐Organization
    of Tropical Deep Convection.” <i>Clouds and Their Climatic Impacts</i>, edited
    by Sylvia Sullivan and Corinna Hoose, Wiley, 2023, pp. 179–93, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119700357.ch8">10.1002/9781119700357.ch8</a>.
  short: J.O. Haerter, C.J. Muller, in:, S. Sullivan, C. Hoose (Eds.), Clouds and
    Their Climatic Impacts, Wiley, 2023, pp. 179–193.
date_created: 2024-01-22T08:23:16Z
date_published: 2023-12-15T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2024-01-23T12:40:36Z
day: '15'
department:
- _id: CaMu
doi: 10.1002/9781119700357.ch8
editor:
- first_name: Sylvia
  full_name: Sullivan, Sylvia
  last_name: Sullivan
- first_name: Corinna
  full_name: Hoose, Corinna
  last_name: Hoose
language:
- iso: eng
month: '12'
oa_version: None
page: 179-193
publication: Clouds and Their Climatic Impacts
publication_identifier:
  eisbn:
  - '9781119700357'
  isbn:
  - '9781119700319'
  issn:
  - 2328-8779
publication_status: published
publisher: Wiley
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Mechanisms for the Self‐Organization of Tropical Deep Convection
type: book_chapter
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
year: '2023'
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