NASA NTRS · 19800046553
On cumulus mergers
Abstract
A study of cumulus mergers for three undisturbed untreated days in the summer of 1973 is reported. Mergers produce more than an order of magnitude more rain than unmerged echoes, while mergers of mergers produce still an order of magnitude more rain. Duration, echo area, and rain depths are also compared for merged and unmerged systems, and each day is analyzed individually, indicating a correlation between organization and rain amount. The relevance of mergers to hydrology, weather modification, and the large-scale impacts of convective clouds is discussed.
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Simpson, J., Westcott, N. E., Clerman, R. J., Pielke, R. A.. 1980-01-01. On cumulus mergers. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19800046553
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