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Cloud Microphysics

Cloud Microphysics is the branch of atmospheric science that studies the physical processes governing the formation, growth, and transformation of cloud particles and precipitation at the microscopic scale within the atmosphere.

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9.4K

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1.7K

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Aerosols, Cloud Microphysics, and Fractional Cloudiness

Bruce Albrecht · Science · 1989 · 5K citations

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Optical Properties of Aerosols and Clouds: The Software Package OPAC

Michael W. Hess, Peter Koepke, Ingrid Schult · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · 1998 · 3.1K citations

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Microphysics of Clouds and Precipitation

H. R. Pruppacher, James D. Klett, Pao K. Wang · Aerosol Science and Technology · 1998 · 2.9K citations · Full text

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A Revised Approach to Ice Microphysical Processes for the Bulk Parameterization of Clouds and Precipitation

Song-You Hong, Jimy Dudhia, Shu‐Hua Chen · Monthly Weather Review · 2004 · 2.7K citations · Full text

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Impact of Cloud Microphysics on the Development of Trailing Stratiform Precipitation in a Simulated Squall Line: Comparison of One- and Two-Moment Schemes

Hugh Morrison, Gregory Thompson, V. V. Tatarskiĩ · Monthly Weather Review · 2008 · 2.5K citations

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Authors

9.4K

  1. AJ
    Andrew J. Heymsfield

    NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States

    87 publications · 10.3K citations

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  2. PV
    Peter V. Hobbs

    University of Washington, United States

    59 publications · 4.9K citations

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  3. WW
    Wojciech W. Grabowski

    NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States

    62 publications · 5.8K citations

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  4. HM
    Hugh Morrison

    NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States

    64 publications · 11.8K citations

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  5. GF
    Graham Feingold

    NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, United States

    59 publications · 4.9K citations

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Institutions

1.7K

  1. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    102 h-index

    711 publications

    73.4K citations

  2. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    73 h-index

    415 publications

    46.4K citations

  3. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    71 h-index

    312 publications

    28.4K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    66 h-index

    668 publications

    42K citations

  5. Ames Research Center

    Mountain View, United States

    62 h-index

    201 publications

    24.7K citations

  6. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

    Richland, United States

    61 h-index

    362 publications

    29.4K citations

  7. Met Office

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    60 h-index

    265 publications

    25.5K citations

  8. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    60 h-index

    272 publications

    22.4K citations

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  1. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    646 publications · 59.6K citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 449 publications · 39.4K citations

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  3. Atmospheric chemistry and physics

    391 publications · 24.5K citations

    86

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  4. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 207 publications · 19.7K citations

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