Numerical evidence for cloud droplet nucleation at the cloud-environment interface

Cumulus clouds have long been recognized as being the results of ascending moist air from below the cloud base. Cloud droplet nucleation is understood to take place near the cloud base and inside accelerating rising cloudy air. Here we describe circumstances under which cloud droplet nucleation take...

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Main Authors: J. Sun, H. Leighton, M. K. Yau, P. Ariya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-12-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/12/12155/2012/acp-12-12155-2012.pdf