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Cloud Growth Initiation

Cloud Growth Initiation is a theoretical framework in atmospheric science that specifies the mechanisms and conditions under which exogenous aerosol or ice nuclei introduction triggers phase transition and droplet coalescence processes essential for cloud formation in cloud seeding operations.

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Physically based parameterization of cirrus cloud formation for use in global atmospheric models

B. Kärcher, Johannes Hendricks, Ulrike Lohmann · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2006 · 333 citations · Full text

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Ice Initiation in Natural Clouds

William A. Cooper · Meteorological Monographs · 1986 · 234 citations

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On the Transition of Contrails into Cirrus Clouds

F. Schröder, B. Kärcher, Christophe Duroure et al. · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 2000 · 219 citations · Full text

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Transient clouds in Titan's lower atmosphere

C. A. Griffith, Tobias Owen, Gary A Miller et al. · Nature · 1998 · 205 citations

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Nowcasting Storm Initiation and Growth Using<i>GOES-8</i>and WSR-88D Data

Rita D. Roberts, Steven A. Rutledge · Weather and Forecasting · 2003 · 201 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. DR
    Daniel Rosenfeld

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    6 publications · 291 citations

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  2. AJ
    Andrew J. Heymsfield

    NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States

    4 publications · 225 citations

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  3. WL
    William L. Woodley

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    4 publications · 136 citations

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  4. JS
    Joanne Simpson

    Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

    3 publications · 42 citations

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  5. EJ
    E. J. Jensen

    Ames Research Center, United States

    3 publications · 328 citations

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Institutions

141

  1. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    13 h-index

    21 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    397 citations

  3. Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research

    Leipzig, Germany

    6 h-index

    25 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    563 citations

  5. NOAA National Weather Service

    Silver Spring, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    435 citations

  6. Ames Research Center

    Mountain View, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    696 citations

  7. University of Wyoming

    Laramie, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    621 citations

  8. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    15 publications

    1.5K citations

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  1. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    17 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. Atmospheric Research

    12 publications · 368 citations

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  3. Journal of applied meteorology

    10 publications · 168 citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 5 publications · 617 citations

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