First intensive measurements of shallow cumulus clouds over the Inner Mongolia Grasslan
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - 06:02
in Earth & Climate
Shallow cumulus (SCu) clouds play an important role in the global redistribution of water and energy and in the transport of surface heat, moisture and momentum to the free troposphere. SCu clouds or fair-weather cumuli are characterized by their small size, relatively weak convection, and no precipitation, which is significantly different from cumulus congestus and deep convection clouds.