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cloud top
Definição1
For a given cloud or cloud layer, the highest level in the atmosphere at which the air contains a perceptible quantity of cloud particles.
Fonte1
AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. Glossary of meteorology. [S.l., última modificação 05 oct. 2015]. Disponível em: < http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Main_Page >. Acesso em: 27 jun. 2022.
Fonte2
Villanueva, D., Neubauer, D., Gasparini, B., Ickes, L., & Tegen, I. (2021). Constraining the impact of dust-driven droplet freezing on climate using cloudtop-phase observations. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL092687, 2021. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL092687. Access: June, 27, 2022.
Contexto
The cloud top is usually the coldest part of the cloud and thus more sensitive to heterogeneous freezing. In addition, many satellite instruments are only sensitive to cloud top properties.
Subárea1
Aeronautical Meteorology
Related Term
cloud base
cloud ceiling
top
Português
topo de nuvem