A Relationship Between Stratification, Cloud-Depth and Permitted Cloud Radii.

A one-dimensional cumulus model is used to interrelate cloud radius, stratification and cloud height. It is suggested that if only certain ranges of cloud height and radius are permitted, then from the stratification, one can predict, using a model, allowed cloud radii and a corresponding depth to the convective layer.

Related Topics

• Convection,
• Idealized models,
• Tropics