title: Adaptive behavior of marine cellular clouds.
abstract: Shallow marine clouds appear in two formations - open cells that are weakly reflective and closed cells that are more reflective and hence more effective at cooling the climate system. Lagrangian satellite data analysis reveals that open cells oscillate, forming and disappearing with a periodicity of ~3 hours. In contrast, closed cells maintain rigid structures for periods of more than 10 hours, suggesting that self-organisation breaks the link between the lifetime and the scale of a convective entity. These dynamical states are linked to two theoretical solutions of population dynamics.
authors: Department of Environmental Sciences Weizmann Institute, Rehovot 76100, Israel. ilan.koren@weizmann.ac.il
authors: Ilan
authors: I
authors: Koren
authors: Graham
authors: G
authors: Feingold
mesh_terms: D000392:Air Movements; D001272:Atmosphere / Q000032:analysis*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013227:Steam / Q000032:analysis*; D014887:Weather
chemical_list: D013227:Steam
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