🧵 1/2 The sea surface warms up to several degrees during daytime known as diurnal warming. For decades, the question of coupling between the diurnal warming and convection on global scale remained unanswered. #MPIM_Scientists, for the very first time, answer this question using the coupled #ICON model.

🧵 2/2 They show that the diurnal warming of the sea surface indeed increases the moisture and cloud cover ☁️. To their surprise, the increase of cloud cover is short-lived and negligible on global scale.

Find more about the interesting research: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022JD038473