Vertical motions in orographic clouds over the Payette River Basin and their impact on cloud liquid water content: Results from SNOWIE

Vertical motions in orographic wintertime clouds have important implications on cloud microphysical processes and large-scale weather modification efforts. This analysis will look at remote sensing and microphysics data from the Seeded and Natural Orographic Wintertime Clouds: the Idaho Experiment (SNOWIE) which took place over the Salmon River Mountains between January and March 2017 and employed a suite of remote sensing and microphysics instrumentation. The purpose of this dissertation is to retrieve and describe the magnitudes and distributions of vertical motions observed over the Salmon River Mountains and their effect on cloud microphysical properties over the terrain.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Atmospheric Sciences

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2023

Author dc:creator

• Zaremba, Troy J

Contributors dc:contributor

• Rauber, Robert M
• McFarquhar, Greg M
• Nesbitt, Stephen
• Trapp, Robert J

• Orographic Clouds
• Cloud Seeding
• Cloud Microphysics

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2023 Troy Zaremba

Language dc:language

en, eng

Handle dc:identifier

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/121431

OAI record oai:identifier

https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=etdms&identifier=oai%3Awww.ideals.illinois.edu%3A2142%2F121431