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Cold advectionRadiational cooling of clouds

Solar heating of Earth’s surfaceWarm air advection at surfaceAir moving over a warm surface

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LIFTINGOF ENTIREAIRMASS

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Rainshadow

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Q. Why are cloud droplets larger over the ocean?

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Most collide on forward edge

Some collide on backside

Terminal velocity:Almost 10 m/s

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Q. Why can a cumuliform cloud produce heavier precipitation than a stratiform cloud?

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Supercooled water droplets

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Ice forms directly on ice nuclei

Promote freezing of supercooled droplets(contact nuclei)

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Higher saturation vapour pressure

Ice crystals grow atthe expense of waterdroplets

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Riming causes snow pellets (graupel)-supercooled dropletsfreeze on contact

Snowflakes form through aggregation

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Source: Desert ResearchInstitute, Nevada, USA

Source: North Dakota Cloud Modification Project, USA

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Source: North Dakota Cloud Modification Project, USA

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Munchique National ParkForest Ranger Station, Sector 20 de Julio2150 masl

Rain Gauge

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Remember the paper cup experiment

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