Atmospheric dynamics and wind shear cause banded cloud formations.
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SUPPORTED
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Atmospheric dynamics and wind shear play a critical role in organizing and structuring cloud formations, particularly by driving the formation of linear mesoscale convective systems and affecting cloud layer overlap.
Evidence for · 3
Response of Atmospheric Convection to Vertical Wind Shear: Cloud-System-Resolving Simulations with Parameterized Large-Scale Circulation. Part I: Specified Radiative Cooling
2014 · cited by 48
Paper 1 demonstrates that vertical wind shear organizes deep convective cloud systems into linear mesoscale formations.
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More for · 2
The impact of atmospheric stability and wind shear on vertical cloud overlap over the Tibetan Plateau
2018 · cited by 32
Paper 5 links large-scale atmospheric dynamics and wind shear to the vertical overlap and structure of cloud layers.
Generalizing Cloud Overlap Treatment to Include the Effect of Wind Shear
2015 · cited by 28
Paper 6 identifies a systematic empirical relationship between wind shear and cloud overlap decorrelation, confirming atmospheric controls on cloud structure.