Fig. 1.

Physical tendencies of moisture (in $\text{g}{\text{kg}}^{-1}{\text{day}}^{-1}$) for decoupled stratocumulus (s11) in the present-day climate (solid lines) and in a warmer climate (dash lines): turb for the turbulence scheme, conv for the convection scheme, c–e for the net condensation scheme. ql represents the grid-averaged cloud liquid water ($0.1\text{g}{\text{kg}}^{-1}$, black dotted line). A sample of three SCM, having very different behaviors, is shown: a JMA (Japan Meteorological Agency), b CAM4 (Community Atmospheric Model Version 4), and c GISS (Goddard Institute for Space Studies). Note that although these profiles apply to decoupled stratocumulus, the sampled model diversity presented here remains relevant for shallow cumulus clouds. From Zhang et al. (2013)