Key feedback mechanisms in diurnal cycle
with typical model biases in red
Solar
radiation
Heating
CAPE
Convection
premature
Cloud
too soon
Precipitation
too often
too light
Runoff
too little
Surface
temperature
moisture
partitioned
wrongly
Soil
moisture
too much
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Courtesy Kevin Trenberth
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