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Cloud Initiation Mechanisms

Cloud Initiation Mechanisms is a theoretical construct that identifies and explains the fundamental physical processes responsible for the initial formation of cloud droplets from water vapor in the atmosphere through specific pathways of condensation triggered by aerosol interactions, vertical motion, or thermodynamic destabilization.

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104

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36

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2017–2026

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Acceleration of rain initiation by cloud turbulence

Gregory Falkovich, A. Fouxon · Nature · 2002 · 659 citations

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Histotripsy-induced cavitation cloud initiation thresholds in tissues of different mechanical properties

Eli Vlaisavljevich, Adam D. Maxwell, Matthew Warnez et al. · IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control · 2014 · 146 citations · Full text

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The potential impact of soot particles from aircraft exhaust on cirrus clouds

E. J. Jensen, O. B. Toon · Geophysical Research Letters · 1997 · 143 citations · Full text

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Numerical Modeling of Precipitation and Cloud Shadow Effects on Mountain-Induced Cumuli

J. Y. Liu, H. D. Orville · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1969 · 131 citations

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Nucleation, Growth, and Stabilization of Bose-Einstein Condensate Vortex Lattices

A. A. Penckwitt, R. J. Ballagh, C. W. Gardiner · Physical Review Letters · 2002 · 131 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. ZX
    Zhen Xu

    University of Michigan, United States

    2 publications · 159 citations

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  2. AJ
    Andrew J. Heymsfield

    NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States

    2 publications · 163 citations

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  3. OB
    O. B. Toon

    Ames Research Center, United States

    2 publications · 253 citations

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  4. BE
    Brooks E. Martner

    Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, United States

    2 publications · 66 citations

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  5. EJ
    E. J. Jensen

    Ames Research Center, United States

    2 publications · 253 citations

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Institutions

36

  1. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    2 h-index

    9 publications

    393 citations

  2. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    9 publications

    782 citations

  3. Illinois Archaeological Survey

    Champaign, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    48 citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  5. University of Pannonia

    Veszprém, Hungary

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    70 citations

  6. Veszprémi Érseki Hittudományi Fõiskola

    Veszprém, Hungary

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    70 citations

  7. University of Otago

    Dunedin, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    393 citations

  8. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

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  1. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    3 publications · 270 citations

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  2. Monthly Weather Review

    3 publications · 96 citations

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  3. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

    BAMS · 2 publications · 66 citations

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    2 publications · 225 citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 2 publications · 120 citations

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