Cloud-Top Anvils is a meteorological phenomenon denoting the expansive, anvil-shaped ice cloud formation that develops at the uppermost extent of deep convective tropical cumulonimbus clouds due to radiative cooling and horizontal wind shear in the upper troposphere.
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Heating Rates in Tropical Anvils
Thomas P. Ackerman, Kuo‐Nan Liou, Francisco P. J. Valero et al. · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1988 · 276 citations · Full text
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