orographic clouds

Clouds formed as a result of orography, or terrestrial relief. If a mass of moist air moves against a hill, it will rise and cool. Clouds will form if in this process the condensation level is reached and precipitation can occur. If precipitation does not occur, the cloud base on the leeward sides will be higher than the clouds on the windward side of the hill. As these clouds are linked with the form of the terrestrial relief, they generally move very slowly, if at all. The winds at the same level may be very strong.

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The Seeded and Natural Orographic Wintertime Clouds: The Idaho Experiment (SNOWIE) project aims to study the impacts of cloud seeding on winter orographic clouds. The field campaign took place in Idaho between 7 January and 17 March 2017 and employed a comprehensive suite of instrumentation, including ground-based radars and airborne sensors, to collect in situ and remotely sensed data in and around clouds containing super-cooled liquid water before and after seeding with silver iodide aerosol particles.

A TRANSFORMATIONAL APPROACH TO WINTER OROGRAPHIC WEATHER MODIFICATION RESEARCH: The SNOWIE Project: Using recent advancements in instrumentation and computer modeling, the SNOWIE project has observed the microphysical response from seeding orographic clouds and aims to address long-standing questions about using cloud seeding to enhance precipitation

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Meteorology has been recorded by many observers, including the usual orographic clouds over the Tharsis Montes and Olympus Mons.