Houghton, Michigan – October 1, 2015 – New research led by Michigan Technological University analyzes the occurrence as clouds change shape, mixing occurs, as drier air mingles with water-saturated air with a holographic imaging instrument called HOLODEC and an airborne laboratory. The work was done in collaboration with the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and Mainz University.
This new way of seeing clouds—and the way wet and dry air form sharp boundaries—is the focus of the team’s study, published in Science this week. What the team found with these naturally created boundaries, formed by completely evaporating some water drops and leaving others unscathed, is called inhomogenous mixing. And it goes against base assumptions used in most computer models assume for cloud formations.
The findings will influence models that help predict weather and climate change.
To learn more, check out this YouTube video and read the fullstory on the research.
You can reach the corresponding researcher, Raymond Shaw, at 906-487-1961 or rashaw@mtu.edu and Jeff Stith from NCAR Lab at 303-497-1032 or stith@ucar.edu.
Co-author Jacob Fugal from Mainz University is available for interviews in German, 49-6131-39-25116 or Jacob.fugal@mpic.de. Co-author Jiang Lu from Michigan Tech is available for interviews in Chinese, jiangl@mtu.edu.
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