Cloud and Dynamical Processes of Precipitating Warm Cumuli During RICO
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This proposal is linked to the Rain in Cumulus over the Ocean (RICO) project, described in the RICO Scientific Overview Document. The project's aim is to study shallow, precipitating cumulus over a tropical ocean. A field campaign is planned for the winter 2004-05 in the area of the Lesser Antilles. The proposed work is for the study the onset of precipitation, and its effect on cumulus organization and evolution, by means of data collected in RICO by the Wyoming King Air (WKA) and the Wyoming Cloud Radar (WCR).
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