Enhanced humidity pockets originating in the mid boundary layer as a mechanism of cloud formation below the lifting condensation level

A ground-based field campaign was conducted during the summer of 2011, 10 km east of the Israeli coast, aimed at studying small, warm convective clouds. During the campaign, clouds were detected on days that were predicted to be cloud-free by standard forecasting methods. Moreover, the clouds’ bases...

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Main Authors: Eitan Hirsch, Ilan Koren, Orit Altaratz, Zev Levin, Eyal Agassi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2017-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa5ba4