Non-precipitating shallow cumulus convection is intrinsically unstable to length-scale growth

Martin Janssens, Jordi Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, Chiel C. van Heerwaarden +3

Condensation in cumulus clouds plays a key role in structuring the mean, non-precipitating trade-wind boundary layer. Here, we summarise how this role also explains the spontaneous…