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the claim
Clouds have a measurable physical size distribution
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SUPPORTED
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11 sources for · 0 against

Numerous scientific studies and remote-sensing campaigns routinely measure, parameterize, and map the physical size distribution and effective radius of cloud droplets.

Evidence for · 11
2000 · cited by 82
Analyzes cloud droplet size distributions and their spectral dispersion parameterizations.
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The claim asserts that clouds have a measurable physical size distribution. Multiple peer-reviewed studies across remote sensing, field campaigns, and in situ measurements explicitly measure, retrieve, and evaluate cloud droplet size distributions (DSD), effective radius, and effective variance. The evidence overwhelmingly supports the claim.

More for · 10
1992 · cited by 47
Derives an analytic cloud droplet effective radius expression dependent on droplet spectral distribution.
2019 · cited by 43
Measures cloud droplet size distribution properties and variance to map spatial heterogeneity.
2019 · cited by 35
Retrieves cloud droplet size distribution and effective variance using polarized measurements.
2023 · cited by 24
Maps cloud droplet size distribution, effective radius, and effective variance at high spatial resolution.
2022 · cited by 18
Evaluates liquid cloud droplet effective radius from drop size distributions using multiple sensing methods.
2021 · cited by 15
Examines droplet size distribution broadening and properties in warm stratiform clouds.
2024 · cited by 7
Derives particle size distributions in terms of cloud effective radius and effective variance from polarized measurements.
2025 · cited by 6
Compares spectral cloud effective radius and droplet size distributions from airborne and in situ observations.
2021 · cited by 6
Estimates cloud droplet effective radius profiles linked to droplet size characteristics.
2024 · cited by 5
Develops a cloud droplet effective radius retrieval algorithm tied to cloud droplet size distribution assumptions.
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  1. Spectral dispersion of cloud droplet size distributions and the parameterization of cloud droplet effective radiuspeer-reviewedsupports
  2. Contribution to the cloud droplet effective radius parameterizationpeer-reviewedsupports
  3. Spatial distribution of cloud droplet size properties from Airborne Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (AirHARP) measurementspeer-reviewedsupports
  4. An improved algorithm of cloud droplet size distribution from POLDER polarized measurementspeer-reviewedsupports
  5. High-spatial-resolution retrieval of cloud droplet size distribution from polarized observations of the cloudbowpeer-reviewedsupports
  6. An evaluation of liquid cloud droplet effective radius derived from MODIS, airborne remote sensing and in situ measurements from CAMP2Expeer-reviewedsupports
  7. Inference of Precipitation in Warm Stratiform Clouds Using Remotely Sensed Observations of the Cloud Top Droplet Size Distributionpeer-reviewedsupports
  8. Why heterogeneous cloud particles matter. Iron-bearing species and cloud particle morphology affect exoplanet transmission spectrapeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  9. Model-based evaluation of cloud geometry and droplet size retrievals from two-dimensional polarized measurements of specMACSpeer-reviewedsupports
  10. Evaluating spectral cloud effective radius retrievals from the Enhanced MODIS Airborne Simulator (eMAS) during ORACLESpeer-reviewedsupports
  11. CALIOP retrieval of droplet effective radius accounting for cloud vertical homogeneity.peer-reviewedsupports
  12. An Accurate Retrieval of Cloud Droplet Effective Radius for Single-Wavelength Cloud Radarpeer-reviewedsupports
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judged → SUPPORTED · 8705 Aug 2026
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