## Abstract The paper describes a relatively simple model of a nonβprecipitating cumulus cloud that grows by the ascent of successive spherical thermals through the residues of their predecessors, mixing with the surroundings being determined by the relative velocity and the radius of the thermal.
The evolution of droplet spectra and large droplets by condensation in cumulus clouds
β Scribed by B. J. Mason; P. R. Jonas
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 104 KB
- Volume
- 101
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0035-9009
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