A Negative Lifetime Effect in Large-Eddy Simulations of Trade-Wind Cumulus Clouds

Axel Seifert, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Offenbach am Main, Germany, Robert Pincus, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, New York, United States, Thijs Heus, Cleveland State University, Solon, OH, United States and Bjorn B Stevens, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany