Monday, November 2, 2026
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Long-term observations of marine clouds reveal how in-cloud motions shape rain

Research led by atmospheric scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory sheds new light on one of the fundamental challenges of weather forecasting: determining the conditions under which a cloud will produce rain—and how much rain it will produce.

Long-term observations of marine clouds reveal how in-cloud motions shape rain
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Research led by atmospheric scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory sheds new light on one of the fundamental challenges of weather forecasting: determining the conditions under which a cloud will produce rain—and how much rain it will produce.

Originally published at Phys.org

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