Fig. 2.

Cloud properties sorted into dynamical regimes using ${\omega }_{500}$ (horizontal axis). The ${\omega }_{500}$ is taken from ERA-Interim monthly means. (Upper) CRE, LWCRE, and SWCRE from CERES EBAF v2.8 and (Lower) total, high, and low CC from ISCCP. The ERA-Interim ${\omega }_{500}$ is regridded to match the cloud properties horizontal grids; the temporal period is the overlapping time between each data source. The solid gray lines show the area-weighted average in ${\omega }_{500}$ bins over the tropical oceans (±35° latitude), and the gray shading shows the area-weighted SD within each bin. The markers show the values in the 5° box upstream of Barbados, with the lines showing the SD in each quantity. The red is the JJA season, and the blue is the DJF season, both using the same temporal range as the full tropical calculation.