Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-1998
Abstract
Using a precise definition of clustering, it is shown that in two tropical cumulus clouds, droplets appear to be bunched over distances ranging from at least a kilometer or more down to several centimeters. A statistical framework is proposed for quantifying clustering in terms of a Poisson probability mixture. While these observations require further substantiation in many different clouds, droplet clustering may play a role in diverse phenomena from the coalescence growth of raindrops to the scattering of radiation by clouds.
Publication Title
Journal of Geophysical Research
Recommended Citation
Jameson, A. R.,
Kostinski, A.,
&
Black, R. A.
(1998).
The texture of clouds.
Journal of Geophysical Research,
103(D6), 6211-6219.
http://doi.org/10.1029/98JD00081
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/physics-fp/240
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Publisher's Statement
Copyright 1998 by the American Geophysical Union. Publisher’s version of record: https://doi.org/10.1029/98JD00081