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Cloud Parcel Theory

Cloud Parcel Theory is a theoretical framework in atmospheric science that models the behavior of a rising air parcel to simulate cloud formation and thermodynamic processes, distinguished by its assumption of adiabatic ascent and the use of idealized parcel properties to predict condensation, buoyancy, and vertical development within the atmosphere.

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Authors

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2017–2026

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Parcel Theory

Parents

Publications

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Non‐precipitating cumulus convection and its parameterization

Alan K. Betts · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · 1973 · 470 citations

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Aerosol- and updraft-limited regimes of cloud droplet formation: influence of particle number, size and hygroscopicity on the activation of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN)

Philipp Reutter, Hang Su, Jörg Trentmann et al. · Atmospheric chemistry and physics · 2009 · 390 citations · Full text

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Vertical Velocity in Oceanic Convection off Tropical Australia

Christopher G. Lucas, Edward J. Zipser, Margaret A. LeMone · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1994 · 325 citations · Full text

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The simulation of the diurnal cycle of convective precipitation over land in a global model

Peter Bechtold, Jean‐Pierre Chaboureau, Anton Beljaars et al. · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · 2004 · 316 citations · Full text

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Can chemical effects on cloud droplet number rival the first indirect effect?

Athanasios Nenes, Robert J. Charlson, M. C. Facchini et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 2002 · 238 citations · Full text

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Authors

108

  1. AN
    Athanasios Nenes

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    7 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. JH
    John H. Seinfeld

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    4 publications · 730 citations

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  3. DB
    Donifan Barahona

    Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

    3 publications · 361 citations

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  4. MO
    Meinrat O. Andreae

    Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany

    3 publications · 473 citations

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  5. TL
    Terry L. Clark

    NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States

    3 publications · 124 citations

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Institutions

61

  1. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    850 citations

  2. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    2.3K citations

  3. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

    Richland, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    442 citations

  4. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

    Jena, Germany

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    2.1K citations

  6. Environment and Climate Change Canada

    Ottawa, Canada

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    243 citations

  7. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    162 citations

  8. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    366 citations

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  1. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    10 publications · 845 citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 6 publications · 529 citations

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  3. Atmospheric chemistry and physics

    6 publications · 737 citations

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 2 publications · 79 citations

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  5. Tellus B

    2 publications · 357 citations

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