Cloud Physics
Clouds seem so simple from our perspective,
just large masses of
airborne water that take random shapes in the sky, occasionally
dropping some of their water in various forms of precipitation on our
heads. In reality, these beautiful feather pillows
floating above us that cover 70% of the earth are majestically
complicated, and their very specific shapes are determined by different
physical processes in the atmosphere. There is actually a huge amount
that we still don't understand about clouds and how they function, but
significant progress has been made during the last century that has
allowed us to uncover a lot of their inner workings. Whether they are
hurling baseball-sized hailstones to the ground or frying radio towers
with lightning strikes, clouds are always performing amazing feats of
physics at both the microscopic and macroscopic
levels. Photo courtesy: Axel Rouvin
This website will explain some of these processes
and how clouds work, based on current knowledge
in the fields of Meteorology and Physics.
Clouds seem so simple from our perspective,
just large masses of
airborne water that take random shapes in the sky, occasionally
dropping some of their water in various forms of precipitation on our
heads. In reality, these beautiful feather pillows
floating above us that cover 70% of the earth are majestically
complicated, and their very specific shapes are determined by different
physical processes in the atmosphere. There is actually a huge amount
that we still don't understand about clouds and how they function, but
significant progress has been made during the last century that has
allowed us to uncover a lot of their inner workings. Whether they are
hurling baseball-sized hailstones to the ground or frying radio towers
with lightning strikes, clouds are always performing amazing feats of
physics at both the microscopic and macroscopic
levels. Photo courtesy: Axel Rouvin
This website will explain some of these processes
and how clouds work, based on current knowledge
in the fields of Meteorology and Physics.