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Cloud Top Formation

Cloud Top Formation is a theoretical construct in cloud formation thermodynamics that specifies the elevation and thermodynamic conditions at which saturated air parcels cease vertical ascent and initiate lateral dispersion, thereby defining the upper boundary of cloud development.

33

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1.6K

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145

Authors

84

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

33

Formation and Persistence of Summertime Arctic Stratus Clouds

G. F. Herman, R. M. Goody · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1976 · 212 citations

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Evolution of the ice phase in tropical altocumulus: SAMUM lidar observations over Cape Verde

Albert Ansmann, Matthias Tesche, Patric Seifert et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2009 · 208 citations · Full text

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Contrasting the impact of aerosols at northern and southern midlatitudes on heterogeneous ice formation

Thomas Kanitz, Patric Seifert, Albert Ansmann et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 2011 · 206 citations · Full text

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Downdrafts as Linkages in Dynamic Cumulus Seeding Effects

Joanne Simpson · Journal of applied meteorology · 1980 · 81 citations

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Microphysical investigation of the seeder and feeder region of an Alpine mixed-phase cloud

Fabiola Ramelli, Jan Henneberger, Robert O. David et al. · Atmospheric chemistry and physics · 2021 · 77 citations · Full text

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Authors

145

  1. RE
    Ronny Engelmann

    Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Germany

    5 publications · 567 citations

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  2. PS
    Patric Seifert

    Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Germany

    5 publications · 567 citations

    5

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  3. AA
    Albert Ansmann

    Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Germany

    3 publications · 475 citations

    3

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  4. MR
    Martin Radenz

    Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Germany

    3 publications · 153 citations

    3

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  5. JW
    Jörg Wieder

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    2 publications · 92 citations

    2

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Institutions

84

  1. Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research

    Leipzig, Germany

    4 h-index

    24 publications

    3.6K citations

  2. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    119 citations

  3. University of Oklahoma

    Norman, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    65 citations

  4. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  5. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    77 citations

  6. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  8. Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

    Bremerhaven, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    5 publications · 365 citations

    5

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  2. Atmospheric chemistry and physics

    4 publications · 175 citations

    4

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 3 publications · 250 citations

    3

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  4. Journal of applied meteorology

    3 publications · 116 citations

    3

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  5. Monthly Weather Review

    2 publications · 31 citations

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