Alternate Definitions for mixing cloud

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Term: mixing cloud
Definition:

A cloud formed when two subsaturated volumes of moist air with different temperatures and vapor pressures mix isobarically and adiabatically to form a volume of moist air with an intermediate temperature and vapor pressure above the saturation value at that temperature.

Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
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