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Cloud Mesoscale Organisation and Climate: New Insights from Models and Observations
Clouds display striking forms of organization on the mesoscale (a scale ranging typically from 2 to 200 km). Far from being a mere curiosity, this organization challenges our understanding of atmospheric physics and climate. What processes control cloud patterns and organizations? How much does the mesoscale organization of convection matter for climate? I will show how new observations from satellites and field campaigns shed light on how and why clouds organize at the mesoscale. Then, based on simulations from a new generation of climate models, I will explore the role that this mesoscale organisation might play in climate and climate change.
Date:
16 October 2025, 17:00
Venue:
Martin Wood Lecture Theatre
Speaker:
Sandrine Bony (Sorbonne University, Paris)
Organising department:
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics
Organiser:
Heather Waller
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/cloud-mesoscale-organisation-and-climate-new-insights-models-and-observations
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Heather Waller
