#  Special Climate Seminar 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 20, 2016** 

 12:00PM - 01:00PM EDT 

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 **Haller Hall GM 102**  



 

 



 

Speaker: Prof. Christopher S. Bretherton

Title: ***"Convective aggregation and cloud feedbacks in a near-global aquaplanet cloud-resolving model"***

Abstract: Near-global aquaplanet simulations of 100 or more days with 4 km horizontal resolution and no cumulus or boundary-layer parameterization are now computationally affordable for academic research. They are attractive for problems for which the multiscale organization of cloud systems plays an essential role and specified zonally-symmetric sea-surface temperature is a useful simplification. Two interesting applications that challenge conventional global climate models are presented. The first is feedbacks of atmospheric radiative heating and surface fluxes on the growth of large-scale tropical weather systems. The second is cloud feedbacks on climate. Other potential applications such as the dependence of extreme precipitation on climate change are also noted.

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