Clouds play a key role in Earth's radiation budget, covering more than 50% of the planet.
However, the binary delineation of cloudy and clear sky is not clearly defined due to the …

There are a couple of reasons to stimulate a discussion about the definition of clouds. One
reason is that the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the World Meteorological …

Synoptic observations and various satellite products have been utilized for computing
climatologies of low‐level stratus over southern West Africa for the wet monsoon seasons …

Airborne in situ observations of aerosols and clouds provide relevant data sets crucial to
improving the understanding of cloud microphysical processes and reducing uncertainties …

Cloud microphysics studies include how tiny cloud droplets grow and become rain. This is
crucial for understanding cloud properties like size, life span, and impact on climate through …

Cloud and aerosol are two manifestations of what it is essentially the same physical
phenomenon: a suspension of particles in the air. The differences between the two come …

The transition zone has been defined as corresponding to atmospheric conditions between
cloud-free (albeit containing a suspension of dry particles, ie aerosol) and clouds (air …

The cloud processing scheme APOLLO (AVHRR Processing scheme Over cLouds, Land
and Ocean) has been in use for cloud detection and cloud property retrieval since the late …

The optical depths and sizes of optically thin passive shallow cumuli are characterized with
a micropulse lidar. The measurements are from a coastal south Florida location spanning a …

SubLCL clouds are defined here as clouds that form below the estimated lifting
condensation level (LCL), on days that are predicted to be cloud‐free. On more than 50% of …