From Warm to Mixed: Exploring the Physics of Marine Stratocumulus Clouds

The reflectivity of marine stratocumuli in subtropical and extratropical regions depends strongly on their underlying cloud physics and dynamics. In this talk, I will present several explorations of cloud physical processes that shape liquid-phase stratocumuli in the subtropics and mixed-phase stratocumuli in extratropical and polar environments. Processes will be discussed in the context of mesoscale organization and their representation in coarser-resolution simulations using the ICON model.