Tag: tropical convection

Spontaneous clumping of tropical clouds

by | July 23, 2015 | 1 Comment

If you take a look at nearly any satellite image of clouds in the tropics (for example, the GOES west geostationary satellite image from a few days ago), you’ll notice that convective clouds (the tall thunderstorm clouds associated with strong circulations) tend to be organized into clusters. This clustering ranges from features such as squall […]