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Orographic Cloud Formation

Orographic Cloud Formation is a meteorological phenomenon in which clouds develop as a result of moist air being forced to ascend over elevated terrain, leading to adiabatic cooling and condensation.

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2017–2026

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OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION

Gerard H. Roe · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · 2005 · 808 citations

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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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Orographic precipitation and air mass transformation: An Alpine example

Ronald B. Smith, Qingfang Jiang, Matthew G. Fearon et al. · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · 2003 · 124 citations

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The Microstructure and Colloidal Stability of Warm Clouds: Part II - The Causes of the Variations in Microstructure

P. Squires · Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography · 1958 · 99 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. BG
    Bart Geerts

    University of Wyoming, United States

    9 publications · 470 citations

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  2. RR
    Roy Rasmussen

    NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States

    7 publications · 455 citations

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  3. LX
    Lulin Xue

    NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States

    6 publications · 385 citations

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  4. RM
    Robert M. Rauber

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    6 publications · 396 citations

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  5. UL
    Ulrike Lohmann

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    5 publications · 214 citations

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Institutions

128

  1. University of Wyoming

    Laramie, United States

    13 h-index

    25 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    12 h-index

    35 publications

    1.9K citations

  3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    560 citations

  4. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    7 h-index

    22 publications

    1K citations

  5. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    7 h-index

    19 publications

    1K citations

  6. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research

    Leipzig, Germany

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    456 citations

  8. Research Applications (United States)

    Rockville, United States

    5 h-index

    16 publications

    1.1K citations

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  1. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    12 publications · 528 citations

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  2. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

    JAMC · 7 publications · 320 citations

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  3. Journal of Applied Meteorology

    6 publications · 196 citations

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  4. Journal of applied meteorology

    6 publications · 171 citations

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  5. Monthly Weather Review

    6 publications · 249 citations

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