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Abstract: A three-dimensional, non-hydrostatic cloud-system-resolving model is used to study radiative transfer in convective systems. The model domain covers approximately 50,000 km2. Prognostic equations determine the evolution of liquid and ice mixing ratios. The three-dimensional distribution of liquid and ice is used in shortwave and long-wave radiative-transfer calculations.

A tropical convective system with a mesoscale anvil circulation is analyzed. The distribution of radiative forcing is examined, and its role in the evolution of the convective system is considered.