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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Rain Formation in Shallow Tropical Convection

Abstract

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Despite the time and space constraints placed on the results by the observed evolution of the updrafts, the calculations showed that the process of rain formation in warm convective clouds is simple and efficient, provided that giant and ultragiant CCN are present near cloud base. While more complex processes leading to drop spectra broadening, such as mixing, and stochastic condensation most likely also occur in nature, they appear to be unnecessary to explain the rapid formation of rain in warm convective clouds.

Degree

thesis:*
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
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Szumowski, Marcin Jan
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Rauber, Robert M.

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI9812786
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/85981

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Szumowski, Marcin Jan. Rain Formation in Shallow Tropical Convection. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/85981