Impact of Shallow Clouds on Cloud-Permitting WRF Simulations of the Diurnal Cycle of Convection over the Amazon

Casey D. Burleyson1, Zhe Feng1, Samson M Hagos2, Jennifer M Comstock1, Larry K Berg1, Courtney Schumacher3, Scott E Giangrande4 and Charles N. Long5, (1)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (2)Joint Global Change Research Institute, College Park, MD, United States, (3)Texas A&M University, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, College Station, TX, United States, (4)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, United States, (5)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States