

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
E-ISSN: 1944-9208|33|S2|811-821
ISSN: 8755-1209
Source: REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS, Vol.33, Iss.S2, 1995-07, pp. : 811-821
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Abstract
Laboratory study of atmospheric phenomena provides a controlled, steady environment which is usually difficult to obtain in the turbulent atmosphere. Boundary conditions for cloud formation such as homogeneous ice nucleation of water droplets near −40°C and cloud droplet formation on hygroscopic particles at less than a few percent above water saturation were first appreciated by careful laboratory experiments many years ago. These ideas are foundation‐stones of our understanding of atmospheric clouds. Such ideas came from careful laboratory studies of the behavior of particles under well controlled conditions.
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