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Cumulus Clouds

Cumulus Clouds is a boundary layer cloud type characterized by its detached, cauliflower-like heaps with flat bases and vertical development, formed primarily through convective processes in the lower troposphere.

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Interaction of a Cumulus Cloud Ensemble with the Large-Scale Environment, Part I

Akio Arakawa, Wayne H. Schubert · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1974 · 2.5K citations

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On the collision of drops in turbulent clouds

P. G. Saffman, J. Scott Turner · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1956 · 1.4K citations

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Reduction of Tropical Cloudiness by Soot

Andrew S. Ackerman, O. B. Toon, David E. Stevens et al. · Science · 2000 · 1.4K citations

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A Scheme for Representing Cumulus Convection in Large-Scale Models

Kerry Emanuel · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1991 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Representation of Clouds in Large-Scale Models

M. Tiedtke · Monthly Weather Review · 1993 · 1K citations · Full text

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    Alan Blyth

    University of Leeds, United Kingdom

    32 publications · 2.2K citations

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    Graham Feingold

    NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, United States

    26 publications · 2.5K citations

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    Christopher S. Bretherton

    University of Washington, United States

    25 publications · 3.4K citations

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    Joanne Simpson

    Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

    22 publications · 2.3K citations

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    Björn Stevens

    Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany

    23 publications · 2.4K citations

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  1. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    48 h-index

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  2. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    40 h-index

    116 publications

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  3. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    38 h-index

    116 publications

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  4. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    34 h-index

    133 publications

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  5. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    28 h-index

    63 publications

    10.2K citations

  6. Max Planck Institute for Meteorology

    Hamburg, Germany

    27 h-index

    64 publications

    4.5K citations

  7. NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

    Boulder, United States

    25 h-index

    70 publications

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  8. Met Office

    Exeter, United Kingdom

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  1. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    363 publications · 30.5K citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 78 publications · 6.5K citations

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  4. Monthly Weather Review

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  5. Atmospheric chemistry and physics

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