cloud physics

American  

noun

1. the science of the physical properties and processes of clouds.

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Example Sentences

Another problem is that the tall cumulus clouds most common in summer in the emirates and nearby areas can be so turbulent that it is difficult to determine if the seeding has any effect, said Roy Rasmussen, a senior scientist and an expert in cloud physics at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo.

From New York Times

Recent research from Prof Christiane Voigt, head of the cloud physics department at Mainz University, Germany, underlines this.

From BBC

These do encode some basic ideas of cloud physics — clouds’ dependence on the ambient temperature, humidity and vertical air velocity, for example — but they are far from being ab initio estimates.

From Nature

"It's one example of how crucial knowledge of cloud physics is - it's not just an aesthetic, our knowledge of clouds is still fairly limited."

From BBC

We’ve spent a lot of time on MODA, working on the cloud physics.

From The Verge