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Observed relationship between drop size distribution including a breakup signature and environmental properties near Kumagaya in eastern Japan
Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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The relationship between the cloud microphysical processes within convective clouds with a breakup signature and their environmental conditions is not fully understood. The conversion process of cloud droplets to raindrops is dominant near the ground, whilst the collisional coalescence of cloud droplets and raindrops dominates above the layer within convective clouds. These processes depend strongly on static stability and are more likely to be associated with humid environments.
The relationship between the cloud microphysical processes within convective clouds with a...
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