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On the relative density of clouds
Author(s) -
Jaramillo Alejandro,
Mesa Oscar J.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.3099
Subject(s) - environmental science , meteorology , simple (philosophy) , atmospheric sciences , geology , geography , philosophy , epistemology
A simple analysis of the relative density of clouds with respect to dry and/or moist air is presented using modern and standard definitions. The results are consistent with current knowledge in atmospheric science and offer justification to common inadvertent simplifications used in the scientific literature.