Research group

Cloud dynamics and atmospheric turbulence
Research Group Leader: prof. dr hab. Szymon P. Malinowski
Atmospheric Physics Department
We study the dynamics of clouds in the full range of scales from the movement of individual droplets to flows in scale of clouds and cloud systems. We focus on the phenomenon of turbulence and (direct and indirect) influence of small- and moderate- scale turbulence in clouds and surrounding atmosphere on larger scale flows like weather patterns and even general circulation.
One of our experimental achievements is the Ultra Fast Thermometer, airborne sensor to measure temperature in clouds. The instrument is in constant development since early nineties. With recent versions we are able to measure temperature in clouds with 5 mm resolution.
Ultra Fast Thermometer UFT-M mounted on CIRPAS Twin Otter in the course of POST research campaign |
Example mumerical simulatoin:
Research project
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High resolution temperature measurements: investigations of ocean-atmosphere turbulent exchange in the course of EUREC4A-ATOMIC campaign.
Research Group Leader: prof. dr hab. Szymon P. Malinowski
Source of financing: NCN, HARMONIA
Realisation period: April 17, 2019–April 16, 2021
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Mikrodynamika chmur
Research Group Leader: prof. dr hab. Szymon P. Malinowski
Source of financing: NCN, MAESTRO
Realisation period: Aug. 28, 2013–Aug. 27, 2019
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Numerical modeling of cloud microphysics and microphysics-dynamics interactions in shallow boundary-layer clouds
Research Group Leader: prof. dr hab. Wojciech Grabowski
Source of financing: NCN, POLONEZ
Realisation period: Oct. 1, 2016–Sept. 30, 2017
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Psychrometr samolotowy i optyczna detekcja pary wodnej
Research Group Leader: prof. dr hab. Szymon P. Malinowski
Source of financing: MNiSW, .
Realisation period: May 18, 2011–Aug. 31, 2015
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Study of Air-Sea interaction and Cloud parameterizations in suport of parameterization development for global mesoscale models at NRL Monterey
Research Group Leader: prof. dr hab. Szymon P. Malinowski
Source of financing: ONR, .
Realisation period: Feb. 10, 2010–Feb. 11, 2014
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Badania oddziaływań miedzy atmosfera a oceanem oraz parametryzacji chmur na potrzeby rozwoju globalnych modeli mezoskalowych w NRL Monterey
Research Group Leader: prof. dr hab. Szymon P. Malinowski
Source of financing: MNiSW, .
Realisation period: Feb. 10, 2010–Feb. 11, 2014
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EUFAR - European Fleet for Airborne Research in Environmental and Geoscience
Research Group Leader: prof. dr hab. Szymon P. Malinowski
Source of financing: EC, 7th Framework Programme
Realisation period: Oct. 8, 2008–Sept. 30, 2013
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Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in atmospheric research
Source of financing: COST, .
Realisation period: June 18, 2008–May 19, 2013
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POST - Collaborative Reserch: Physics of Stratocumulus Top
Source of financing: NSF, .
Realisation period: Jan. 1, 2008–Feb. 28, 2009
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Metodyka generacji regionalnych bred wektorów dla obszaru Polski dla potrzeb prognozowania pogody metodą wiązek
Source of financing: MNiSW, .
Realisation period: May 5, 2006–May 4, 2008
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Badanie spektralnych właściwości optycznych aerozolu oraz wymuszania radiacyjnego
Research Group Leader: prof. dr hab. Szymon P. Malinowski
Source of financing: KBN, .
Realisation period: Nov. 8, 2004–Nov. 7, 2007
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Validation and Data Assimilation for the Navy Transport Models: NAAPS and COAMPS/transport, NICOM
Research Group Leader: dr hab. Krzysztof Markowicz
Source of financing: ONR, .
Realisation period: Oct. 11, 2004–Oct. 11, 2007
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Numeryczny niehydrostatyczny model procesów atmosferycznych w małych i średnich skalach
Research Group Leader: prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Haman
Source of financing: KBN, .
Realisation period: Oct. 11, 2001–Oct. 11, 2003
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Wpływ procesów falowych w atmosferze na strukturę planetarnej warstwy granicznej
Research Group Leader: prof. dr hab. Szymon P. Malinowski
Source of financing: KBN, Promotorski
Realisation period: Oct. 11, 2000–Oct. 11, 2001
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Wpływ wirów na gradient temperatury oraz koncentrację unoszonych cząstek
Research Group Leader: dr hab. Konrad Bajer
Source of financing: MNiI, .
Realisation period: Sept. 10, 1999–Sept. 30, 2001
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Drobnoskalowe mieszanie turbulencyjne w chmurach: badania eksperymentalne i modelowanie numeryczne
Source of financing: KBN, .
Realisation period: Oct. 11, 1997–Oct. 11, 1999
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PRESTO Precision Weather Forecast System for Different Types of Transport
Source of financing: EC, 4th Framework Programme
Realisation period: Oct. 11, 1997–Oct. 11, 1999
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Struktura i dynamika wirów oraz ich zastosowania do opisu przepływów turbulentnych
Research Group Leader: dr hab. Konrad Bajer
Source of financing: MNiI, .
Realisation period: March 15, 1997–March 14, 1999
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Eksperymentalne i teoretyczne badania oddziaływań międzyskalowych w chmurach
Source of financing: KBN, .
Realisation period: Oct. 11, 1995–Oct. 11, 1998
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Empiryczne badania smug chłodniowych i kominowych Elektrowni Bełchatów
Source of financing: None, Rządowy Program Badawczo-Rozwojowy, http://cordis.europa.eu/data/PROJ_FP5/ACTIONeqDndSESSIONeq112362005919ndDOCeq288ndTBLeqEN_PROJ.htm
Realisation period: Oct. 11, 1983–Oct. 11, 1988
Field Experiment
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POLIMOS Field Experiment at PolWET site in Rzecin (2018, 2019)
Research Group Leader: dr hab. Iwona S. Stachlewska
Source of financing: ESA-ESTEC, .
Realisation period: March 1, 2018–Aug. 31, 2019
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BBC2 - Baltex Bridge Cloud campaign
Realisation period: Oct. 11, 2003–Oct. 11, 2003
- Akinlabi E.O., Wacławczyk M., Mellado J.P., and Malinowski S.P., 2019, Estimating Turbulence Kinetic Energy Dissipation Rates in the Numerically Simulated Stratocumulus Cloud-Top Mixing Layer: Evaluation of Different Methods, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, vol. 76(5), pp. 1471–1488, 10.1175/JAS-D-18-0146.1
- Stacewicz T., Magryta P., Petersen B., Nowak J., Kwiatkowski K., Malinowski S., 2018, Highly sensitive airborne open path optical hygrometer for upper air measurements - proof of concept, Metrology and Measurement Systems, vol. 25(4), pp. 793–805, 10.24425/mms.2018.124877
- Ma Y.-F., Pedersen J.G., Grabowski W.W., Kopec M.K., Malinowski S.P., 2018, Influences of Subsidence and Free‐Tropospheric Conditions on the Nocturnal Growth of Nonclassical Marine Stratocumulus, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, vol. 10(11), pp. 2706-2730, 10.1029/2018MS001295
- Popkiewicz M, Kardaś A., Malinowski S., 2018, Nauka o klimacie,
- The EARLINET publishing group 2000-2015; 129 authors, a.o. Stachlewska I.S., Szczepanik D.,, 2018, EARLINET (A European Aerosol Research Lidar Network to Establish an Aerosol Climatology). EARLINET All 2000-2015 Data Collection, World Data Center for Climate (WDCC) at DKRZ, 10.1594/WDCC/EARLINET_All_2000-2015
- Vinayachandran P.N., Matthews A.J., Kumar K.V., Sanchez-Franks A., Thushara V., George J., Vijith V., Webber B.G.M., Queste B.Y., Roy R., Sarkar A., Baranowski D.B., Bhat G.S., Klingaman N.P., Peatman S.C., Parida C., Heywood K.J., Hall R., King B., Kent E.C., Nayak A.A., Neema C.P., Amol P., and, 2018, BoBBLE: Ocean–Atmosphere Interaction and Its Impact on the South Asian Monsoon, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 75(10), pp. 3365–3379, 10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0230.1
- Pedersen J.G., Ma Y-F., Grabowski W.W., Malinowski S.P., 2018, Anisotropy of Observed and Simulated Turbulence in Marine Stratocumulus, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, vol. 10(2), pp. 500-515, 10.1002/2017MS001140
- Haman, K.E., Malinowski, S.P., 1988, Observations of cooling tower and stack plumes and their comparison with plume model "ALINA", Atmospheric Environment, vol. 23(6), pp. 1223-1234, doi.org/10.1016/0004-6981(89)90149-2
- Falkovich G., Malinowski S.P., 2008, Focus on Cloud Physics, New Journal of Physics, vol. 10,
- Jagodnicka, A.K., Stacewicz, T., Posyniak, M., Malinowski, S.P., 2009, Aerosol investigation with multiwavelength lidar, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 7479, Lidar Technologies, Techniques, and Measurements for Atmospheric Remote Sensing V, pp. 747903, 10.1117/12.830465
- Kardas, A.E., McFarlane, S., Morrison, H., Comstock J., Grabowski, W.W., Malinowski, S.P., 2009, The radar simulator: Deriving the radar signal using the cloud model output, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 7475, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XIV, pp. 74751M, 10.1117/12.830100
- Posyniak, M., Malinowski, S.P., Stacewicz, T., Markowicz K.M., Zieliński T., Petelski, T., Makuch, P., 2011, Multiwavelength micropulse lidar in atmospheric aerosol study - Signal processing, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. Lidar Technologies, Techniques, and Measurements for Atmospheric Remote Sensing VII, pp. 818216, 10.1117/12.898160
- Malinowski, S.P., Haman, K.E., Kopec, M.K., Kumala, W., Gerber, H., 2011, Small-scale turbulent mixing at stratocumulus top observed by means of high resolution airborne temperature and LWC measurements, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 318(SECTION 7), pp. 072013, doi:10.1088/1742-6596/318/7/072013
- Baranowski, D.B., Flatau, P.J., Malinowski, S.P., 2011, Tropical cyclone turbulent mixing as observed by autonomous oceanic profilers with the high repetition rate, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 318(SECTION 7), pp. 3072001, 10.1088/1742-6596/318/7/072001
- Bange, J., Esposito, M., Lenschow, D.H., Brown, P.R.A., Dreiling, V., Giez, A., Mahrt, L., Malinowski, S.P., Rodi, A.R., Shaw, R.A., Siebert, H., Smit, H., Zöger, M., 2013, Measurement of Aircraft State and Thermodynamic and Dynamic Variables, Airborne Measurements for Environmental Research: Methods and Instruments, vol. 1, pp. 7-75, 10.1002/9783527653218.ch2
- Kurowski, M.J., Malinowski, S.P., Grabowski, W.W., 2009, A numerical investigation of entrainment and transport within a stratocumulus-topped boundary layer, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, vol. 135, pp. 77–92, 10.1002/qj.354
- Ma Y.-F., Malinowski S.P., Karpińska K., Gerber H.E. and Kumala W., 2017, Scaling Analysis of Temperature and Liquid Water Content in the Marine Boundary Layer Clouds during POST, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, vol. 74 (12), pp. 4075–4092, 10.1175/JAS-D-17-0015.1
- Wacławczyk M., Ma Y., Kopec J.M., and Malinowski S.P., 2017, Novel approaches to estimating the turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate from low- and moderate-resolution velocity fluctuation time series, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, vol. 10, pp. 4573-4585, 10.5194/amt-10-4573-2017
- Malinowski, Sz.P., Wyszogrodzki, A.A., Ziemiański, M.Z., 2011, Modeling Atmospheric Circulations with Sound-Proof Equations, Acta Geophysica, vol. 59 (6), pp. 1073-1075, 10.2478/s11600-011-0057-6
- Gerber H., Frick G., Malinowski S.P., Jonsson H., Khelif D., Krueger S.K., 2013, Entrainment rates and microphysics in POST stratocumulus, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 118 (21), pp. 12,094–12,109, 10.1002/jgrd.50878
- Muhlbauer A., Grabowski W.W., Malinowski S.P., Ackerman T., Bryan G., Lebo Z., Milbrandt J., Morrison H., Ovchinnikov M., Tessendorf S., Thériault J., Thompson G., 2013, Reexamination of the State of the Art of Cloud Modeling Shows Real Improvements, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 94 (5), pp. ES45-ES48, 10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00188.1
- Karpinska K., Malinowski S.P., 2014, Towards better understanding of preferential concentration in clouds: droplets in small vortices, American Meteorological Society 14th Conference on Cloud Physics/14th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, At Boston, MA, USA, doi: 10.13140/2.1.4434.9445
- Nowak J., Magryta P., Stacewicz T., Kumala W., Malinowski S.P., 2016, Fast optoelectronic sensor of water concentration, Optica Applicata, vol. 46(4), pp. 607-618, 10.5277/oa160408
- Gerber H., Malinowski S.P., and Jonsson H., 2016, Evaporative and Radiative Cooling in POST Stratocumulus, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, vol. 73, pp. 3877–3884, 10.1175/JAS-D-16-0023.1
- Jen-La Plante I., Ma Y., Nurowska K., Gerber H., Khelif D., Karpinska K., Kopec M.K., Kumala W., Malinowski S.P., 2016, Physics of Stratocumulus Top (POST): turbulence characteristics, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 16, pp. 9711-9725, 10.5194/acp-16-9711-2016
- Pedersen J.G., Malinowski S.P., Grabowski W.W., 2016, Resolution and domain-size sensitivity in implicit large-eddy simulation of the stratocumulus-topped boundary layer, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, vol. 8, pp. 885–903, 10.1002/2015MS000572
- Siebert, H., Shaw, R. A., Ditas, J., Schmeissner, T., Malinowski, S.P., Bodenschatz, E. and Xu, H., 2015, High-resolution measurement of cloud microphysics and turbulence at a mountaintop station, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, vol. 8, pp. 3219-3228, 10.5194/amt-8-3219-2015
- Jakubiak, B., Licznar, P., Malinowski, S.P., 2014, Rainfall estimates from radar vs. raingauge measurements. Warsaw case study, Environment Protection Engineering, vol. 40 (2), pp. 159-170, doi: 10.5277/epe140212
- Stacewicz, T., Posyniak, M., Sitarek, S., Malinowski, S.P., 2014, Lidar retrievals of cloud droplet number concentration at the cumulus base: A feasibility study, Atmospheric Research, vol. 142, pp. 32-39, 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.10.023
- Malinowski S.P., Gerber H., Jen-La Plante I., Kopec M.K., Kumala W., Nurowska K., Chuang P.Y., Khelif D., Haman K.E., 2013, Physics of Stratocumulus Top (POST): turbulent mixing across capping inversion, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 13, pp. 12171-12186, 10.5194/acp-13-12171-2013
- Kumala, W., Haman, K. E., Kopec, M. K., Khelif, D., and Malinowski, S. P., 2013, Modified ultrafast thermometer UFT-M and temperature measurements during Physics of Stratocumulus Top (POST), Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, vol. 3, pp. 2043-2054, 10.5194/amt-6-2043-2013, 2013
- Devenish, B.J., Bartello, P., Brenguier, J.-L., Collins, L.R., Grabowski, W.W., Ijzermans, R.H.A., Malinowski, S.P., Reeks, M.W., Vassilicos, J.C., Wang, L.-P., Warhaft, Z., 2012, Droplet growth in warm turbulent clouds, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, vol. 138, pp. 1401–1429, 10.1002/qj.1897
- Markowicz, K.M., Zielinski, T., Blindheim, S., Gausa, M., Jagodnicka, A.K., Kardas, A.E., Kumala, W., Malinowski, S.P., Petelski, T., Posyniak, M., Stacewicz T., 2012, Study of vertical structure of aerosol optical properties with sun photometers and ceilometer during MACRON campaign in 2007, Acta Geophysica, vol. 60 (5), pp. 1308–1337, 2478/s11600-011-0056-7
- Korczyk P.M., Kowalewski T.A., Malinowski S.P., 2012, Turbulent mixing of clouds with the environment: Small scale two phase evaporating flow investigated in a laboratory by particle image velocimetry, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, vol. 241 (3), pp. 288-296, 10.1016/j.physd.2011.11.003
- Posyniak, M., Stacewicz, T., Miernecki, M., Jagodnicka, A.K., Malinowski S.P., 2010, Multiwavelength micropulse lidar for atmospheric aerosol investigation, Optica Applicata, vol. 40, pp. 623-632,
- Bodenschatz E., Malinowski S.P., Shaw R.A., Strattmann F., 2010, Can We Understand Clouds without Turbulence?, Science, vol. 327, pp. 970-971, 10.1126/science.1185138
- Kardaś, A.E, Markowicz, K.M., Stelmaszczyk, K., Karasinski, G., Malinowski, S.P., Stacewicz, T., Woeste, L., Hochhertz, C., 2010, Saharan aerosol sensed over Warsaw by depolarization lidar, Optica Applicata, vol. 40, pp. 219-237,
- Piotrowski, Z.P., Smolarkiewicz, P.K, Malinowski, S.P., Wyszogrodzki A.A., 2009, On numerical realizability of thermal convection, Journal of Computational Physics, vol. 228, pp. 6268-6290, 10.1016/j.jcp.2009.05.023
- Andrejczuk M., Grabowski W.W., Malinowski S.P., Smolarkiewicz P.K., 2009, Numerical Simulation of Cloud-Clear Air Interfacial Mixing:Homogeneous versus Inhomogeneous Mixing, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, pp. 2493-2500, 10.1175/2009JAS2956.1
- Jagodnicka, A.K., Stacewicz, T. Karasiński, G., Posyniak, M., Malinowski S.P., 2009, Particle size distribution retrieval from multiwavelength lidar signals for droplet aerosol, Applied Optics, vol. 48, pp. B8-B16, 10.1364/AO.48.0000B8
- Malinowski, S.P., Andrejczuk, M., Grabowski, W.W., Korczyk P.K., Kowalewski T.A., Smolarkiewicz P.K., 2008, Laboratory and modeling studies of cloud-clear air interfacial mixing: anisotropy of small-scale turbulence due to evaporative cooling, New Journal of Physics, vol. 10, pp. 075020, 10.1088/1367-2630/10/7/075020
- Karasiński, G., Kardaś, A. E., Markowicz, K.M., Malinowski, S.P., Stacewicz, T., Stelmaszczyk, K., Chudzyński, S., Skubiszak, W., Posyniak, M., Jagodnicka, A. K., Hochhertz, C., Woeste, L., 2007, Lidar investigation of properties of atmospheric aerosol, European Physical Journal Special Topics, vol. 144, pp. 129–138, 10.1140/epsjst/e2007-00117-8
- Haman K.E., Malinowski S.P., Kurowski M.J., Gerber H., Brenguier, J.L., 2007, Small scale mixing processes at the top of a marine stratocumulus – a case study, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, vol. 133, pp. 213-226, 10.1002/qj.5
- Andrejczuk M., Grabowski W.W., Malinowski S.P., Smolarkiewicz P.K., 2006, Numerical simulation of cloud-clear air interfacial mixing: effects on cloud microphysics, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, vol. 63, pp. 3204–3225, 10.1175/JAS3813.1
- Korczyk P.M., Malinowski S.P., Kowalewski T.K., 2006, Mixing of cloud and clear air in centimeter scales observed in laboratory by means of particle image velocimetry, Atmospheric Research, vol. 82, pp. 173-182, 10.1016/j.atmosres.2005.09.009
- Jaczewski A., Malinowski S.P., 2005, Spatial distribution of cloud droplets investigated in a turbulent cloud chamber, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, vol. 131, pp. 2047-2062, 10.1256/qj.04.65
- Gerber, H., Frick G., Malinowski S.P., Brenguier J.L., Burnet F., 2005, Holes and Entrainment in Stratocumulus, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, vol. 62, pp. 443–459, 10.1175/JAS-3399.1
- Andrejczuk M., Grabowski W.W., Malinowski S.P., Smolarkiewicz P.K., 2004, Numerical Simulation of Cloud-Clear Air Interfacial Mixing, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, vol. 61, pp. 1726–1739, 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1726:NSOCAI>2.0.CO;2
- Stevens B., Lenschow D.H., Vali G., Gerber, H, Bandy, A., Blomquist, B., Brenguier, J.L., Bretherton, C.S., Burnet, F., Campos, T. Chai, S., Faloona, I., Friesen, D., Haimov, S., Laursen, K. Lilly, D.K., Loehrer, S.M., Malinowski, S.P., Morley, B, Petters, M.D., Rogers, D.C., Russell, L., Savic-Jovac, V., Snider, J.R., Straub, D., Szumowski, M.J., Takagi, H. Thornton, D.C. Tschudi, M., Twohy, C., Wetzel, M., van Zanten, M.C., 2003, Dynamics and chemistry of marine stratocumulus – Dycoms-II, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 84, pp. 579-593, 10.1175/BAMS-84-5-579
- Haman K.E., Malinowski S.P., Strus B.D., Busen R., Stefko A., 2001, Two new types of ultrafast aircraft thermometers, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, vol. 18, pp. 117-134, 10.1175/1520-0426(2001)018<0117:TNTOUA> 2.0.CO;2
- Banat P., Malinowski S.P., 1999, Properties of the turbulent cloud-clear air interface observed in the laboratory experiment, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth B, vol. 24, pp. 741-745, 10.1016/S1464-1909(99)00075-1
- Malinowski S.P., Jaczewski A., 1999, Laboratory investigation of droplet concentration at the cloud-clear air interface, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth B, vol. 24, pp. 477-480, 10.1016/S1464-1909(99)00032-5
- Malinowski S.P., Zawadzki I., Banat P., 1997, Laboratory Observations Of Cloud-Clear Air Mixing at Small Scales, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, vol. 15, pp. 1060-1065, 10.1175/1520-0426(1998)015<1060:LOOCCA>2.0.CO;2
- Kopec M., Malinowski S., Piotrowski Z., 2016, Effects of wind shear and radiative cooling on the stratocumulus-topped boundary layer, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, vol. 142 (701), pp. 3222–3233, 10.1002/qj.2903
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dr Yongfeng Ma |
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mgr Anna Górska |
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