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Noctilucent clouds: A steady‐state model
Author(s) -
Charlson R. J.
Publication year - 1965
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.49709139012
Subject(s) - cloud computing , environmental science , supersaturation , meteorology , falling (accident) , steady state (chemistry) , atmospheric sciences , simple (philosophy) , mechanics , precipitation , physics , computer science , thermodynamics , chemistry , medicine , philosophy , environmental health , epistemology , operating system
A simple model of a noctilucent cloud is developed leading to requirements for a steady‐state cloud. The sizes achieved by particles falling through a supersaturated layer and the mass budget of the cloud are considered. The necessity of an updraught to explain the persistence of the clouds is discussed.