Can We Understand Clouds Without Turbulence?
- 19 February 2010
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 327 (5968), 970-971
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1185138
Abstract
Just over 50 years ago, Henry Houghton published an essay in Science entitled “Cloud physics: Not all questions about nucleation, growth, and precipitation of water particles are yet answered” (1). Since then, understanding of cloud processes has advanced enormously, yet we still face some of the basic questions Houghton drew attention to. The interest in finding the answers, however, has steadily increased, largely because clouds are a primary source of uncertainty in projections of future climate (2). Why is our understanding of cloud processes still so inadequate, and what are the prospects for the future?Keywords
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