condensation nuclei
You may be thinking about the term nucleation or coalescence. Creation of liquid droplets around aerosol particles is called nucleation. The aerosol particles themselves are known as seeds, while the water that form around them are known as droplets. When referring specifically to cloud formation in the atmosphere, the nucleation process is known as coalescence and the seeds can be called cloud condensation nuclei.These seeds can be natural, as in smaller water/ice particles or synthetic chemicals used for cloud seeding, including silver iodide and dry ice.
Cumulonimbus clouds form when warm moist air rises rapidly, creating a tall and vertically developed cloud. Within the cloud, strong updrafts and downdrafts keep water droplets and ice particles circulating, causing them to collide and merge. In regions with strong updrafts, rain forms from the merging droplets, while hailstones can form in areas of strong updrafts where supercooled water freezes onto ice particles.
saturation of the air with water vapor. When the air cools to its dew point and becomes saturated with water vapor, the excess vapor condenses onto tiny particles in the air to form water droplets, resulting in cloud formation.
After condensation forms around an ice nucleus, the tiny water droplets can either freeze onto the nucleus to form ice crystals or continue to grow in size by condensing more water vapor to form larger cloud droplets.
Water vapor condenses to form clouds when it reaches its dew point, which is the temperature at which air becomes saturated with water vapor. The water vapor then forms tiny water droplets or ice crystals, which come together to create clouds.
Water droplets form on tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust or salt particles. These particles serve as nuclei for water vapor to condense onto, eventually forming clouds.
Clouds are made up of tiny water droplets and ice crystals. Water droplets form when water vapor in the air condenses onto particles such as dust or salt. Ice crystals form when the temperature is below freezing and the water vapor in the air freezes onto particles.
Clouds form when water vapor in the air condenses around tiny particles like dust, salt, or pollution in the atmosphere. These particles serve as nuclei for the water vapor to condense onto, eventually forming droplets and leading to cloud formation.
Aerosols, such as dust, smoke, or pollution particles, act as nuclei for cloud droplets to form around in the atmosphere. These solid particles provide a surface for water vapor to condense onto, leading to the formation of cloud droplets.
Those droplets of water are known as cloud droplets. They form when water vapor in the air condenses onto tiny particles or aerosols, such as dust or pollution particles, suspended in the atmosphere. This condensation process is the first step in cloud formation.
Clouds are made up of tiny water droplets or ice crystals. These droplets form when water vapor in the air condenses onto particles such as dust or salt. The different types of clouds can vary in altitude, thickness, and composition.
Water vapor droplets can become cloud droplets through a process called condensation. As the air cools and reaches its dew point temperature, water vapor condenses onto tiny particles in the atmosphere, forming cloud droplets. These droplets then collide and combine with each other to grow and eventually form clouds.
Water droplets form around microscopic foreign particles, called hygroscopic nuclei, that are already present in the air. These particles are in the form of dust, combustion residue (smoke and soot), salt from seawater evaporation and so forth. Because foreign particles initiate the formation of droplets that eventually fall as precipitation, condensation provides a mechanism for cleaning the atmosphere.
Clouds are made up of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air. They form when water vapor in the atmosphere condenses onto particles like dust or salt, creating cloud droplets. These droplets then come together to form clouds through a process called condensation.
Conditions inside a cloud are not static: water droplets are constantly forming and re-evaporating. Most water droplets are formed when water vapor condenses around a condensation nucleus, a tiny particle of smoke, dust, ash or salt. In supersaturated conditions, water droplets may act as condensation nuclei.
Clouds are formed when water vapor in the atmosphere condenses onto tiny particles such as dust or salt. These particles serve as nuclei around which water droplets can form, eventually creating visible clouds that float in the sky.
Water droplets and clouds form through a process called condensation, where water vapor in the air changes into liquid droplets as it cools. This can happen when warm air rises, cools, and reaches its dew point, causing the vapor to condense onto tiny particles like dust or salt in the atmosphere. As more droplets gather, they form clouds.