Drop dimensions in Cb-clouds and general meteorological circumstances

Summary During test flights over the North Sea with the Fokker Friendship several cloud spectra have been determined. Seven of them, related to cumulonimbus clouds show that the width of the droplet spectrum can be related to the speed of surface wind. The high correlations cannot be explained completely by the fact that marine condensation nuclei tend to grow with increasing wind. Obviously increased turbulence also plays a role.