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Clouds

Andrew Russell1, Hugo Ricketts1 and Sylvia Knight2

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In this article we aim to give an introduction to clouds; what they are, why they matter and how the physical processes operating in the atmosphere govern the appearance and behaviour of the clouds we see.


PACS

92.60.Nv Cloud physics; stratus and cumulus clouds

92.60.Jq Water in the atmosphere (humidity, clouds, evaporation, precipitation)

92.60.hv Pressure, density, and temperature

92.60.Ry Climatology

92.60.hk Convection, turbulence, and diffusion

Subjects

Environmental and Earth science

Dates

Issue 5 (September 2007)

Received 1 May 2007, in final form 18 June 2007



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