Which Cloud Type Below Will Only Produce Precipitation by the Collision-Coalescence

question 37

Multiple Choice

Which cloud type below will only produce precipitation by the collision-coalescence process?

• A) a thick, cold nimbostratus cloud
• B) a thick, warm cumulus cloud
• C) a thick, cold cumulus cloud
• D) a thick, supercooled cumulonimbus cloud with abundant nuclei

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