Cumulus and cumulonimbus convection

Abstract

It is proposed that certain characteristic stratifications accompany cumulus and cumulonimbus, and on the basis of a thermal theory characteristic magnitudes are estimated for the properties of their updraughts, and the size which must be attained by cumulus before showers form and their transformation into cumulonimbus occurs. DOI: 10.1111/j.2153-3490.1966.tb00290.x