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Orographic Cloud Development

Orographic Cloud Development is a meteorological phenomenon in which cloud formation and evolution are initiated and shaped by the ascent of air over elevated topography, distinguishing it from cloud development driven by thermal convection or frontal lifting processes.

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2017–2026

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Impact of land use on Costa Rican tropical montane cloud forests: Sensitivity of orographic cloud formation to deforestation in the plains

D. K. Ray, U. S. Nair, Robert O. Lawton et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2006 · 177 citations · Full text

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Precipitation formation from orographic cloud seeding

Jeffrey R. French, Katja Friedrich, Sarah A. Tessendorf et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2018 · 171 citations · Full text

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Utilizing a Storm-Generating Hotspot to Study Convective Cloud Transitions: The CACTI Experiment

Adam Varble, Stephen W. Nesbitt, Paola Salio et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · 2021 · 96 citations · Full text

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Wintertime Orographic Cloud Seeding—A Review

Robert M. Rauber, Bart Geerts, Lulin Xue et al. · Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology · 2019 · 92 citations

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Embedded Cellular Convection in Moist Flow past Topography

Oliver Fuhrer, Christoph Schär · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 2005 · 77 citations

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Authors

189

  1. BG
    Bart Geerts

    University of Wyoming, United States

    7 publications · 365 citations

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  2. RM
    Robert M. Rauber

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    6 publications · 396 citations

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  3. SA
    Sarah A. Tessendorf

    NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States

    4 publications · 310 citations

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  4. LO
    Lewis O. Grant

    Colorado State University, United States

    4 publications · 125 citations

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  5. RR
    Roy Rasmussen

    NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States

    4 publications · 310 citations

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Institutions

84

  1. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    8 h-index

    25 publications

    1.2K citations

  2. University of Wyoming

    Laramie, United States

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    768 citations

  3. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    7 h-index

    19 publications

    1K citations

  4. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    494 citations

  5. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    427 citations

  6. Research Applications (United States)

    Rockville, United States

    4 h-index

    15 publications

    1K citations

  7. Desert Research Institute

    Reno, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    194 citations

  8. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    382 citations

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  1. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    9 publications · 293 citations

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  2. Monthly Weather Review

    6 publications · 214 citations

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  3. Atmospheric Environment

    4 publications · 202 citations

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 4 publications · 276 citations

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  5. Journal of Applied Meteorology

    3 publications · 137 citations

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