Entrainment and detrainment processes have been recognised for a long time as key
processes for cumulus convection and have recently witnessed a regrowth of interest mainly …

Microphysical data were collected by the NCAR C‐130 research aircraft during the First
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment Arctic Cloud …

In the atmosphere, microphysics refers to the microscale processes that affect cloud and
precipitation particles and is a key linkage among the various components of Earth's …

Increases in aerosol concentrations over the oceans may increase the amount of low-level
cloudiness through a reduction in drizzle—a process that regulates the liquid-water content …

Observations of individual convective clouds reveal an extraordinary degree of
inhomogeneity, with much of the vertical transport accomplished by subcloud-scale drafts. In …

The entrainment–mixing process is key to the cloud's dynamical and microphysical
processes. However, to the best of our knowledge, no study has quantitatively linked …

Rain triggering mechanisms are evaluated in three microphysical steps: droplet activation
on cloud condensation nuclei, droplet growth by condensation, and droplet growth by …

Cloud responses to changes in aerosol remain a dominant uncertainty in the radiative
forcing of climate. Two main constructs related to aerosol effects on clouds have been …

Subsiding Shells around Shallow Cumulus Clouds in: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
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A mechanism is presented, based on the inherent turbulent nature of cumulus clouds, for the
broadening of cloud droplet spectra during condensational growth. This mechanism …