Abstract: Numerous studies have indicated the potential for giant and ultragiant aerosol particles to expedite the warm-rain process as a result of their extreme sizes. The central question regarding their importance is, Are they ...

Abstract: his study presents an analysis of the precursor environmental conditions related to the termination of Madden?Julian oscillation (MJO) events. A simple climatology is created using a real-time MJO monitoring index, documenting ...

Abstract: omposite profiles of the apparent heat source Q1 and moisture sink Q2 are calculated for the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) cloud regimes (or ?weather states?) using sounding observations from ...