cloud droplets

Tiny suspended water

Cloud droplets are the tiny water particles suspended in clouds, formed when water vapor condenses around microscopic nuclei like dust or pollen.

Much smaller than raindrops, they remain airborne until they coalesce into drops heavy enough to fall as precipitation.

The fog was so thick you could feel the cloud droplets on your skin.

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remote sensing · aerosol particles · satellite observations · mist · surface tension · weather patterns · evaporation rate · deposition · saturation point · environmental monitoring · coalescence

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precipitation state

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Individual bits of precipitation

precipitation · falling rain · rainfall · downpour · rain

physical state of atmospheric water

cloud dropletsice crystals

Solid water formations

ice particles · snowflakes · hailstones · frozen precipitation · snow crystals

water phase in atmosphere

cloud dropletswater vapor

H₂O in gaseous state

humidity

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