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Cloud Formation Thresholds

Cloud Formation Thresholds is a theoretical construct in atmospheric science that specifies the critical relative humidity levels at which air becomes saturated, thereby enabling the nucleation and condensation processes necessary for cloud initiation.

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61

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2017–2026

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Driving Bose-Einstein-Condensate Vorticity with a Rotating Normal Cloud

P. C. Haljan, Ian Coddington, Peter Engels et al. · Physical Review Letters · 2001 · 346 citations · Full text

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Heterogeneous nucleation of ice on surrogates of mineral dust

Daniel Knopf, Thomas Koop · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2006 · 234 citations · Full text

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A distribution law for relative humidity in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere derived from three years of MOZAIC measurements

Klaus Gierens, U. Schumann, M. Helten et al. · Annales Geophysicae · 1999 · 232 citations · Full text

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VOC characteristics, emissions and contributions to SOA formation during hazy episodes

Jie Sun, Fangkun Wu, Bo Hu et al. · Atmospheric Environment · 2016 · 227 citations

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Ice supersaturations exceeding 100% at the cold tropical tropopause: implications for cirrus formation and dehydration

E. J. Jensen, J. B. Smith, L. Pfister et al. · Atmospheric chemistry and physics · 2005 · 134 citations · Full text

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Authors

205

  1. GB
    Gerd Baumgarten

    Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Germany

    2 publications · 103 citations

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  2. HG
    H. G. J. Smit

    Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

    2 publications · 279 citations

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  3. EJ
    E. J. Jensen

    Ames Research Center, United States

    2 publications · 244 citations

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  4. AJ
    Andrew J. Heymsfield

    NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States

    2 publications · 244 citations

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  5. GB
    Gary B. Gustafson

    1 publications · 20 citations

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Institutions

61

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    373 citations

  2. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    361 citations

  3. Laboratoire d'Aérologie

    Toulouse, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    279 citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    86 citations

  5. Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)

    Cologne, Germany

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    558 citations

  6. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    383 citations

  8. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    334 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 5 publications · 527 citations

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  2. Atmospheric Environment

    3 publications · 420 citations

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  3. Geophysical Research Letters

    3 publications · 182 citations

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  4. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    2 publications · 105 citations

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  5. Annales Geophysicae

    2 publications · 279 citations

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