2 papers
physics.ao-ph2026
Dynamics of East Atlantic seed vortex populations in global km-scale models
Ben Maybee, Francesca Morris, Juliane Schwendike +5
Africa is the primary source of cyclonic vortices over the tropical Atlantic. Over both land and sea, these vortices are entwined with deep convective activity, with the majority b…
physics.ao-ph2025
Homogeneous soil moisture fields suppress Sahelian MCS frequency
Ben Maybee, Cornelia Klein, Christopher M. Taylor +2
Understanding controls on Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCSs) is critical for predicting rainfall extremes across scales. Spatial variability of soil moisture (SM) presents such a…