From space, Earth is a blue planet marked by stark white cloud structures that distinguish it from other planets. By ref lecting sunlight, blocking outgoing longwave radiation, and producing precipitation, clouds have an enormous impact on Earth’s weather and climate. The single largest source of uncertainty in global climate models has always been the response of clouds, especially low clouds,...

Hydrolysable tannins, total phenols and flavonoids in Eugenia uniflora leaves were monthly analysed for one year. The results were correlated with climate conditions (rainfall, humidity, cloudiness and mean temperature) through chemometric methods. Principal component analysis revealed high levels of hydrolysable tannins in the rainy season, whereas flavonoids were mainly produced in the dry se...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease characterized by hyperglycemia and its prevalence is rising globally. Prolonged exposure to uncontrolled chronic hyperglycemia can lead to various complications in the eye including cataract. Cataract is characterized by cloudiness or opacification of the eye lens which is the leading cause of sight loss and visual disability. It has been reported tha...

Randall, D.A., 1989. Cloud Parameterization for climate modeling: status and prospects. Atmos. Res., 23: 245-361. The current status of cloud parameterization research is reviewed. It is emphasized that the upper tropospheric stratiform clouds associated with deep convection are both physically important and poorly parameterized in current models. Emerging parameterizations are described in gen...

We investigate in this paper the dominant intraseasonal signals in both convection and circulation data using the nonlinear Laplacian spectral analysis (NLSA) method. Three Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO) indices are constructed based on temporal modes extracted from pure cloudiness, lowerand upper-level zonal wind anomalies. All three indices reveal strong intermittency and capture well – thro...

Abstract Clouds' susceptibility to aerosols is considered be a leading source of uncertainty in climate research. An inability account simultaneously for the large range scales involved cloud‐aerosol‐climate interactions has hindered progress In this study, using novel system idealized large‐eddy‐simulations that explicitly resolves clouds but also accounts, an manner, large‐scale changes therm...

Abstract Clouds play an important role in maintaining the balance environment. Cloudiness can influence numerous ecological drivers, including growth, survival and distribution of plants. The cloud cover dynamics may provide key information for delineating various types plant species distribution. During a year, different clouds on territory plants potential seeding. New properties cloudiness b...

Comparison between high-precipitation (HP) years and low-precipitation (LP) led to our main findings which are as follows: Cyprus lows instrumental in the cooling of surface epilimnion water subtropical Lake Kinneret eastern Mediterranean water. responsible for cold weather, rainfall, an increase cloudiness causing a decrease solar radiation over north Israel (including Kinneret). In daytime, c...