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This study aims to explore how droplet clustering affects the growth of larger drops necessary for rainfall formation.

Drop clustering and drop size correlations from holographic imagery suggest cloud droplet spectral broadening via entrainment-mixing

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This study aims to explore how droplet clustering affects the growth of larger drops necessary for rainfall formation.
Utilized a novel particle-by-particle approach to evaluate drop clustering trends.
Conducted observations using the HOLODEC during the Cloud System Evolution in the Trades campaign.
Measured drop size distributions and 3D coordinates of droplets.
Drops in the bottleneck size range (25-50 µm) tend to be isolated from neighboring drops.
The isolated drop trend is more pronounced under subsaturated conditions.
Broader drop size distributions and larger maximum drop sizes were associated with this isolation, highlighting entrainment as a key factor.

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Novel method evaluates drop clustering in subtropical marine clouds, suggesting entrainment impacts droplet size distribution.

D'Alessandro et al. (2026) studied this question.

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