Autoconversion
From Glossary of Meteorology
autoconversion
The initial stage of the collision–coalescence process whereby cloud droplets collide and coalesce to form drizzle drops.
Originally a term for the rate equation to approximate the transfer of cloud drops to drizzle. Because of the low collection efficiencies among cloud drops, autoconversion can be the limiting factor in the formation of drizzle
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