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In this paper a review is presented of recent field studies of cloud microphysics in a hill cap cloud and in growing cumulus clouds. In each case the implications of the results for cloud chemical processes are discussed. In particular it is suggested that the entrainment of dry air into the cloud from the free troposphere may reduce the lifetime of individual droplets to values considerably below that of the cloud and may introduce extra oxidant which may substantially increase the sulphate production. A new model of cloud microphysics and chemistry in a growing cumulus cloud is presented to quantify the magnitude of this effect.
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Choularton, T.W., Hill, T.A. (1988). Cloud Microphysical Processes Relevant to Cloud Chemistry. In: Unsworth, M.H., Fowler, D. (eds) Acid Deposition at High Elevation Sites. NATO ASI Series, vol 252. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3079-7_8
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